JORHAT: A CRPF personnel was injured critically during an encounter with Karbi Peoples' Liberation Tigres (KPLT) militants in the Kakochang area of Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday night.
The jawan was identified as Dipak Mitra and is currently undergoing treatment at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH). Doctors said his condition is stable and he is out of danger.
Police said the encounter took place at around 10.15pm on Monday when a group of CRPF Cobra team launched a search operation in the Kokachang area in Karbi Anglong against KPLT militants. "Heavily armed KPLT rebels fired at the CRPF personnel injuring a jawan critically," said Bokakhat police station OC Rajen Moran. JMCH official Anadar Neog said, "The jawan was admitted to the hospital on Monday night with bullet injury."
A senior police officer of Karbi Anglong said a group of KPLT, comprising 25 militants, has been taking shelter in the Kakochang area for the last few months using the area as a safe heaven.
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