Guwahati: At least five people were killed near Diyungbra in Assam’s Dima Hasao district late Thursday night after their trucks were attacked, allegedly by members of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA).
The DNLA opened indiscriminate fire at 5 trucks and later set them ablaze on Thursday night in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.
Assam Police said the terrorists fired several rounds at the truck drivers and other people before setting seven of the trucks on fire. Security personnel rushed to the spot – Rangerbeel on Umrangsu Lanka Road – and recovered the bodies.
Speaking to News Live Jayant Singh, Superintendent of Police (Dima Hasao District), said, “Information we got from the ground was that five suspected militants, who first fired from automatic weapons, set the trucks ablaze. We suspect the militant organisation DNLA to be behind this attack.”
The Police and the Army’s Assam Rifles unit are conducting a massive combing operation in the region; the incident took place a little over 200 km from Guwahati.
“We have recovered five bodies and are carrying out a search operation with the help of Assam Rifles. An investigation has already begun,” he added.
The trucks were carrying coal and other material for a nearby cement manufacturing plant.
