According to preliminary information, a group of unidentified gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying Assam Rifles personnel en route to Bishnupur district from the capital, Imphal. The attack resulted in the deaths of two jawans and left five others injured. The injured personnel have been transported to a hospital by police and local residents.
Following the incident, a large contingent of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police, led by senior officials, rushed to the area and launched a massive combing operation to apprehend the assailants, an official confirmed. Another police source reported that the heavily armed attackers opened fire on the vehicle during the sudden assault, killing two personnel on the spot and injuring five others.
Security forces have cordoned off the area, and a search operation is currently underway to trace the attackers. Further details are awaited.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, security forces have arrested six militants affiliated with various banned outfits from three districts in the Imphal Valley over the past 24 hours.
Three hardcore cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) were apprehended from their residences in Imphal West district. They have been identified as Leishangthem Tondon Singh (34), Leishangthem Anand Singh (34), and Heikham Hemchandra Singh (41), according to a police statement. Authorities seized two Self-Loading Rifles, two modified .303 rifles, an INSAS rifle, nine magazines of different types, and 99 cartridges from their possession.
Another cadre of the same outfit, Taorem Tomchou Meitei alias Pena (45), was arrested from Andro in Imphal East district.
Additionally, an active cadre of the proscribed Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) was arrested from Ichan Khunou in Thoubal district. Police also arrested Khoinaijam Bhumeshwor Singh (24), an active member of the banned Socialist Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (SOREPA), from Samaram Mayai Leikai in Thoubal district. A dummy gun and three cartridges were seized from his possession.
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