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.”
