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Manipur encounter: Tribal woman, Naga militant killed

Manipur encounter: Tribal woman, Naga militant killed

| | 23 Feb 2017, 07:17 pm
Mnipur encounter: Tribal woman, Naga militant killed

Following a tip off, 2/5 Gorkha Rifles men conducted search operation at Khoupum Chingthak area in Noney district on Thursday morning.

When the troops reached the remote area, suspected militants who hid at the area fired at them. The army personnel then retaliated.

During the encounter, a militant and a tribal woman were killed.

Manipur police said that, the tribal woman was identified as 50-year old Adingu Rongmei.

Two days back, a security personnel was injured when suspected NSCN (IM) militants fired at a police party deployed for the visit of Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam in the newly created district.

The militants also attacked on the Gaikhangam's cavalcade, but the Manipur Deputy CM escaped unhurt.

Manipur is going to assembly polls on March 4 and 8 in two phases.

The north eastern Indian state witnessed several problems including scarcity of essential commodities, petroleum products, drugs following the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC) since November 1 last.

 

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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