2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar

2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar
Date9 June 2015
LocationIndia–Myanmar border
Result Surgical strike across the Indo-Myanmar border; insurgent camps destroyed.
Belligerents
 India NSCN-K
Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag
(Chief of Army Staff)
Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat
(General Officer Commanding (GoC) of 3 Corps)[1]		 S.S. Khaplang (NSCN-K/GPNR)
Chaplee Kilonser Starson (NSCN-K/ GPRN)
N. Oken (KYKL)
Units involved

 Indian Army

 No specific units
Strength
70 commandos
Mi-17 helicopters[2]		 300+
Casualties and losses
None 158[3]

On 4 June 2015, NSCN-K ambushed an Indian Army convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur and killed 18 Army jawans.[4] On 10 June India conducted surgical strikes against insurgent camps along the India–Myanmar border, and inflicted significant casualties.[1] Indian media reported that the number of insurgent casualties may be as high as 158.[2]

Cross-border raid details

Based on precise intelligence inputs, the Indian Air Force and 21 PARA (SF) carried a cross-border operation along the India–Myanmar border and destroyed two Militant camps one each of NSCN (K) and KYKL, along the India–Myanmar border. The operations were carried out inside the Myanmar territory along the Nagaland and Manipur border at two locations. One of the locations is near Ukhrul in Manipur. The army attacked two transit camps of the Naga militants.

Seventy-two special army commandos were reportedly involved in the operation. They were equipped with assault rifles, rocket launchers, grenades and night vision goggles. The commandos wore the uniforms of the 12 Bihar Battalion of Indian army, which was then deployed on the India–Myanmar border.[5] Troops were divided into two groups after they fast roped from Dhruv helicopters just inside the Indian territory near the border with Myanmar. The teams trekked through the thick jungles for at least 15 kilometers before they reached the training camps. Each of the two teams were further divided into two sub-groups. While one was responsible for the direct assault, the second formed an outer ring to prevent any of insurgents from running and escaping. The actual operation (hitting the camp and destroying it) took about 40 minutes. Mi-17 helicopters of the IAF were put on standby, ready to be pressed into service to evacuate the commandos in case anything went wrong In its statement after the operation the Indian Army said it was in communication with Myanmar and that, "There is a history of close cooperation between our two militaries. We look forward to working with them to combat such terrorism.".[2]

Indian Army has claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties (158 reported[2]) on the attackers behind the ambush on Army on 4 June, which claimed the lives of 18 Army jawans of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur.[4] This has been marked as the biggest attack on Indian Army after Kargil war of 1999.

Published accounts

Documentaries

Special Operations: India 'Myanmar' (2018) is a TV documentary which premièred on History TV18 Channel. It was directed and produced by Prabhu Asgaonkar and Manika Berry Asgaonkar.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Myanmar operation: 70 commandos finish task in 40 minutes". thehindu.com. 10 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "70 commandos involved in Myanmar operation". 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "70 commandos involved in Myanmar operation". Zee News. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 "NSCN (K) camps busted along Indo-Myanmar border". 9 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Army Chief Rawat's remarks on Myanmar raid leaves Centre red-faced". The Hindu. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Special Operations: India 'Myanmar' English Episode". History TV18. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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