Guwahati, November 20 (PTI): The United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) today claimed responsibility for the attack on an Army convoy in Tinsukia district in which three soldiers were yesterday killed. The 15 Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army at Burhi Dihing, Tinsukia, was attacked yesterday morning, the banned outfit said in a statement, adding at least four jawans were seriously injured in the ambush. The attack was carried out by ULFA (I) and the Coordination Committee (CorCom), an umbrella body of militant groups: Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive), Revolutionary Peoples Front and United National Liberation Front, the statement said. The attack was carried out at a dense forest in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, police said. “An Army convoy was moving from Pengeri to Digboi today (Saturday) when it came under attack in Upper Dihing Reserve Forest at around 5.30 am,” Assam Director General of Police Mukesh had informed. Tinsukia district Superintendent of Police Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta had said the ambush was carried out jointly by NSCN (K) and ULFA(I) militants and they used sophisticated weapons, including Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), AK-47 rifles and mortars. The incident came just three days after militants attacked a vehicle belonging to a tea estate between Pengeri and Doomdooma on Wednesday, thinking it was carrying cash. One person was killed and two others injured in that incident.
