At least two militants suspected to be of an underground group operating in the valley area in the state were gunned down by Imphal East police commandos during an encounter at Irilbung in Imphal East.
Police also claimed to have busted a hideout of the militants besides recovering huge cache of arms and ammunitions from the deceased militants.
The incident occurred this afternoon around 1:45pm in a Tasar farm located at Lairouchingol about 5 km north east of Irilbung police station in Imphal East.
According to an official source, a team of the Imphal east police commandos led by additional SP operations, M. Rajen, based on specific information about presence of militants rushed to Tasar farm during which the commando team came under heavy firing from suspected militant using sophisticated weapons.
The commando team also retaliated to the firing and ensued an encounter between both side for about 30 minutes, the source added.
After the encounter, the commando team during search at the encounter site recovered two bodies of suspected militant, the source said adding the police team also recovered arms and ammunitions including two AK 56 Rifle along with 180 live ammunitions and six magazine, one lethode gun and 20 live lethode bombs, one M-16 Rifles along with 90 live ammunitions and three magazine, one Chinese hand grenade, two magazine pouch, one pouch of lethode bomb and other daily used items.
The source further revealed that more than two militants were believed to be taking shelter at the hut which is used as temporary hideout by the militant.
A police source also speculated that the slain militants were on sentry duty and rest of the militants abandoned the hideout along with arms and ammunitions.
The corpses of the slain militants have been deposited at the RIMS morgue for identification.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Police commandos kill two UGs, weapons captured from hideout
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