“A battalion deployed along the Myanmar-Manipur border was in the process of de-inducting. So, after some earlier dispatch of baggage, some leftover things were being sent and a convoy was ambushed… 18 brave soldiers were martyred,” recalled the Army chief. “A battalion deployed along the Myanmar-Manipur border was in the process of de-inducting. So, after some earlier dispatch of baggage, some leftover things were being sent and a convoy was ambushed… 18 brave soldiers were martyred,” recalled the Army chief. Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday shared some interesting insights about the behind-the-scene activities in the days before the cross-border anti-insurgency operation in Myanmar in 2015.

Source: Indian Express December 02, 2017 01:55 UTC