Manipur: Two CRPF personnel killed, Two injured in militant attack

IMPHAL- Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed while two others were injured in an attack by suspected militants on Friday midnight in the Naransena area, ANI news agency reported.

The Manipur Police told the news agency that the CRPF personnel were attacked by Kuki militants starting from midnight till 2:15 am.

The deceased are from the CRPF 128 Battalion deployed at the Naransena area in Bishnupur district in the state.

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“The militants fired indiscriminately from hilltops, targetting the camp. It started around 12.30 am and continued till about 2.15 am. The militants also hurled bombs, one of which exploded in the outpost of CRPF’s 128 battalion,” a senior police officer said.

The CRPF personnel were deployed to provide security to the IRB camp.

The police have said that a massive search operation is currently underway to identify and catch the perpetrators of the attack.

The attacked IRB camp is located 2 km away from the hills which is close to the Upper Canal, an area where central security forces have been deployed since it was designated a sensitive area after a violence broke out in Manipur last year in May.

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Over 200 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence in Manipur between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjacent hills-based Kukis since May last year.

Last week, a bridge on the National Highway 2 in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Kangpokpi district was partially damaged in an IED explosion.