At least four Bhutan police personnel were injured when suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants ambushed a police party on Friday night.
The Bhutanese media did not disclose reports on such an attack before the Time of India (ToI) confirmed of the militant attack.
On Saturday morning, the online edition of the Bhutan Broadcasting Service reported that four members of Bhutanese police were injured during the attack. The BBS report said, “Miscreants consist of 15-20 people who were in camouflage dress and said they shot from the bushes, below the road- at a distance of two metres from the road.”
“Though Bhutanese officials chose to remain tight-lipped on the matter, on Friday night, at least four Bhutanese personnel were injured when suspected NDFB militants ambushed a between Sarpang and Gelephu road in Bhutan’s Sarpang district bordering Kokrajhar district of Assam,” ToI report said.
According to the report, Kokrajhar police sources said the militants used sophisticated weapons like AK-47s when they ambushed a Bhutan police party.
“At least four Bhutanese police personnel were injured in the ambush. We suspect it’s the handiwork of the anti-talks NDFB militants,” ToI wrote quoting a police official as saying.
In such a situation, Bhutan has emerged once again as the preferred place for the NDFB to carry out its activities,” the intelligence official said, adding that Sarpang district is the place where most of the activities of NDFB (anti-talk) were concentrated, the officer added.
“In 2003, all NDFB camps along with Ulfa and KLO were dismantled during the operation All Clear’ by the Royal Bhutan Army.”
They would remain tight lipped to say Indian Millitants because they are groom by them, rather they will say some groups from Camps.
People in camps not interested to Bhutan any more, they would suffer but die with dignity in third country….Look at how these [have] commented in some web sites..
we dont want to be suffered all time in camp and rural mountain like bhutan.
forget about us we are already done.
Why dont Bhutan govt publish the news of such great attack officially?That has to go seriously.When 1 is hidden possibilities of more other attack in future.
keep up updating more
John, you are so ignorant! Your only source of information is BNS, which is why you don’t see reports from Bhutan. Do you think that BNS has reporters inside Bhutan and that why how they get the news? Or the BNS must be directly linked to the group that attacked the police. Otherwise, BNS news source is from BBS.
John you are a dumb.