According to sources, the exchange of fire occurred between the armed group and the security guards of Additional SP (Ops) Imphal West, M Amit Singh outside his residence
In two separate joint operations by the Security Forces, large quantity of Arms and Ammunition were recovered from Kangpokpi and Bishnupur districts of Manipur. The operations were launched based on specific inputs about presence of arms cache and explosives on Wednesday, a report said.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said additional security forces have been deployed along the international border with Myanmar due to the prevailing situation in the neighbouring nation.
Security forces have arrested seven Kuki militants in a massive combing operation carried out by joint operations at different hideouts in Moreh Sub Division of Manipur's Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar in past 24 hours.
Security forces on Wednesday evening fired in the air in Manipur's capital Imphal to disperse the angry mob who came out on the streets to protest against the killing of a senior police officer on Tuesday by suspected militants.
A fresh incident of firing between security forces and armed men has been reported from the Pallel area of Manipur's Tengnoupal district since Friday morning, officials said.
In Manipur, the security forces also installed more than a hundred checkpoints in different districts to tighten the security measures and to conduct searches in suspected vehicles
According to reports, the arms and ammunitions were looted by the militants, miscreants and the mobs after the ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3.
The Kuki militants had burnt down a large numbers of abandoned houses, including the house of former minister and Congress MLA K. Ranjit at Serou in Kakching on Saturday midnight.
