Three jawans of the Army were killed and three others seriously injured in an ambush carried out by a joint group of ULFA and NSCN(K) militants near the oil town of Digboi in Tinsukia district in eastern Assam early Saturday morning. The soldiers were killed while another was injured in an IED blast in Assam's Digboi area, which took place as the soldiers were travelling in an Army vehicle. Another soldier was injured in the IED blast, a Defence spokesperson said. Condenmning the incident Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the security forces to immediately launch a massive operation against the militants. “Nobody should be spared. This is an act of cowardice,” Sonowal, who asked DGP Mukesh Sahay to rush to the spot, said in Guwahati. Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh also spoke to Sonowal and took stock of the situation. Officials said that the the injured were airlifted to a nearby army base hospital.
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