Imphal: Attack on advance security convoy of Manipur CM Biren Singh

Imphal: Suspected militants ambushed the advance security convoy of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Kangpokpi district on Monday morning, injuring a jawan, police said. The convoy was headed towards violence-hit Jiribam district when it came under attack around 10.30 am near Kotlen village along NH-53, they said. Manipur violence: UoH professor moves SC against summons issued by Imphal court Several shots were fired at vehicles of security forces, who retaliated, a police official said.

The driver of one of the vehicles in the convoy sustained bullet injuries on his right shoulder and was being rushed to a hospital in Imphal, the official said. “Security forces have reached the site of the ambush, around 36 km from the state capital, and have launched a search operation to trace the gunmen,” he said. “Chief Minister Biren Singh, who is yet to reach Imphal from Delhi, was planning to visit Jiribam to take stock of the situation in the district,” an official said. In a fresh incident of violence in the ethnic strife-torn state on Saturday, suspected militants set ablaze two police posts, a forest department office and at least 70 houses in Jiribam.