Ultras attack EC observers in NC Hills

HAFLONG, April 8 – A convoy of the Election Commission’s observers in North Cachar Hills district was ambushed today by militants of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) outfit. No one was injured in the attack, police said. The militants fired from top of the hills as the vehicles of poll observer AP Singh and his team passed through Jungum, about 20 km from here, Director General of Police G M Srivastava told reporters here.

As soon as the convoy, moving towards Unrangsho, came under fire, the security personnel fired back, he said.

No one was injured and neither were the vehicles damaged since the distance between the convoy and the militants was vast, he said. – PTI