This incident took place shortly after two Manipur Police commandos lost their lives, and two others suffered gunshot wounds in an attack by heavily armed militants in Moreh, a commercial town near the Myanmar border.
Churachandpur Superintendent of Police Karthik Malladi said on Tuesday that additional forces have been deployed in the disturbed areas of the district to thwart any kinds of anti-social activities
Security forces recovered arms, ammunition, and a war-like store, including a 9 mm pistol, in a search operation in Manipur's Thoubal district on August 29.