Itanagar, April 2: In another case of “mistaken identity”, the security personnel opened fire and injured two civilians in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district. The injured have been shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh, officials said on Saturday.

A district official said that the security personnel launched an operation between Hollam and Khowathong under Chasa village in Tirap district and suddenly opened fire injuring Nokphua Wangpan and Ramwang Wangsu, who were returning home after fishing late on Friday evening.

Doctors at the AMCH said that the civilians, who were shot at their legs and hands, are out of danger.

Further details of the incident are awaited.

The incident took place more than three months after 13 civilians were killed and several injured in a botched up army operation of the security forces at Oting village of Mon district in Nagaland.