Overview
- Assam Rifles troops came under fire near Pangsau Pass in Arunachal Pradesh during border-fence work along the India–Myanmar line.
- Soldiers returned fire in a brief exchange and the gunmen pulled back toward Myanmar.
- One Assam Rifles member was injured in the shootout and officials say he is out of danger.
- Forces have cordoned the area around Border Pillar 172 and begun searches as counter-insurgency patrols ramp up.
- Officials linked the attack to NSCN-K-YA and to resistance to fencing on a porous frontier that has long seen cross-border militant movement.