4 police personnel, 1 BSF jawan injured in attack by militants in Manipur’s Moreh

4 police personnel, 1 BSF jawan injured in attack by militants in Manipur’s Moreh

Four police commandos and one Border Security Force (BSF) jawan were injured on Tuesday in a fresh gunfight that broke out on Tuesday morning in Manipur’s Moreh town.

The ambush attack comes a day after four civilians were shot dead in clashes between unidentified armed miscreants and locals in the Lilong area in Thoubal district.

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Security personnel retaliated after suspected militants opened fire at them, he said.

“The gunfight is still going on,” the officer told PTI.

Four police personnel and a Border Security Force (BSF) constable, who were injured during a gunfight between militants and security personnel, were airlifted from Moreh town to the state capital for better treatment, another officer said.

The injured personnel are now being treated at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.

Moreh town near the India-Myanmar border has been witnessing gunfights between security forces and militants since December 30 last year.

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Chief Minister N Biren Singh had recently expressed concern over the attacks on state forces and termed these as a “serious national security threat” and “an attempt to destabilise Manipur”.

Singh had also said a delegation would soon leave for Delhi to meet representatives of the Centre and apprise them of the developing situation.

Manipur has been grappling with fresh incidents of violence lately. Monday’s incident that led to the death of four civilians prompted the state government to re-impose curfew in the Thoubal and Imphal West districts. The bodies of the four people are yet to be recovered.

The northeastern state has been gripped with ethnic violence since May 3 last year after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

(With inputs from PTI)