A self-loading rifle and several grenades and RPG shells have been seized in Manipur's Bishnupur district, a police statement issued on Tuesday said.
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A self-loading rifle and several grenades and RPG shells have been seized in Manipur's Bishnupur district, a police statement issued on Tuesday said.
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During search and area domination exercises in Machin Mano hills of the district, the police seized the firearm and explosives on Monday.
An SLR with a magazine, two rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shells, two RPG shell chargers, three HE-36 hand grenades and a Chinese hand grenade have been seized, it said.
More than 200 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kukis in Manipur since May last year.
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