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Grenade explosion in Chirang

NDFB-S militants exploded a powerful grenade in Chirang hours after two militants were killed at an encounter on Sunday. The explosion took place at Chapaguri in the evening and there is no report of any casualty.

Notably, security forces killed 2 NDFB-S militants at an encounter during the rescue operation of a businessman along the Kokrajhar-Chirang inter district border on Sunday.

 

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