In a major terror attack, five soldiers, along with the wife of an Indian Army colonel and his eight-year-old son, lost their lives, and several others were injured in an ambush in the Indian state of Manipur, near the Myanmar border.
The incident took place on Saturday morning, when Colonel Viplav Tripathi, along with his wife and son, was returning after supervising a civic action programme.
Manipur state chief N. Biren Singh strongly condemned the attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims.
He said that a counter-operation had been launched to track down the militants.
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also offered condolences to the families of the deceased and said that the perpetrators would be brought to justice soon.