West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee condemns militant attack on Assam Rifles personnel in Manipur
The Hindu
“I strongly condemn the dastardly attack by militants on a convoy of 46 Assam Rifles in Manipur. It pains me to learn that we have lost five brave soldiers...,” she tweeted.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed anguish over the on Saturday and described the attack by militants as “dastardly”.
Colonel Viplav Tripathi, the Commanding Officer of Khuga Battalion of Assam Rifles, his wife and six-year-old son, besides four personnel of the paramilitary force were killed in an ambush in Manipur on Saturday morning, Ms. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, said the entire nation stood by the bereaved families.
“I strongly condemn the dastardly attack by militants on a convoy of 46 Assam Rifles in Manipur. It pains me to learn that we have lost five brave soldiers, including the CO & his family members,” she tweeted.