Violence in Manipur, one security personnel killed

The security forces also exchanged fire with suspected Kuki militants in three different locations in Moreh town. File pic

One state police personnel was killed when suspected Kuki militants attacked a security forces vehicle in the border town of Moreh in Manipur's Tengnoupal district on Wednesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Wangkhem Somorjit an IRB personnel attached to state police commando in Moreh. Somorjit hails from Malom in Imphal West district, they said.

The security forces also exchanged fire with suspected Kuki militants in three different locations in Moreh town on Wednesday morning, police said. The militants hurled bombs and fired at a post of security forces near SBI Moreh, police said, adding that the security forces retaliated the fire.

The militants had also fired RPG shells at the temporary commando post damaging several vehicles parked in the vicinity. The suspected Kuki militants fired at the security forces post, 48 hours after two suspects in the killing of a police officer were arrested by state forces in the border town, police said.

Earlier, following inputs of "likelihood of breach of peace, disturbance of public tranquillity and grave danger to human lives and property within the revenue jurisdiction of Tengnoupal" the Manipur government imposed a total curfew from 12 am on January 16.

Manipur govt seeks helicopters

Manipur government has requested the MHA for helicopters from Wednesday to meet emergency requirements in the wake of law and order situation in Moreh. Commissioner T Ranjit Singh in a letter said: "The law and order situation in Moreh has become a matter of serious concern as there has been continuous exchange of fire and this has resulted in the death of one IRB personnel.

Charge sheet filed in arms-looting case

New Delhi: The CBI filed a charge sheet against five people on Wednesday in a case of looting of arms and ammunition from Manipur Police personnel in May 2023. The case pertain to a mob storming into the Manipur Police Training College's Pangei complex on May 4, 2023 and allegedly looting a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the armoury during an ethnic conflict in the north-eastern state.

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