Shillong: Militants fired on a security forces convoy after exploding a powerful IED with an encounter taking place in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police sources said on Friday.
The security forces, returning to Tura from a counter insurgency operation retaliated when they were fired upon immediately after the explosion below a culvert at Daji Tesakgre village yesterday, the sources said.
There was no casualty on either side, they added.
PTI
First Published: Friday, April 27, 2012, 15:26