CRPF personnel on Monday killed 11 Kuki militants in an encounter in Manipur's Jiribam district. The incident took place at 2.30 pm in Jakurador Karong area of Borobekera.
A police station and a CRPF outpost were attacked here by these extremists. Two CRPF jawans have also been injured during the retaliatory action, one of whom is in critical condition. This area is adjacent to the border of Assam.
Near the police station is a relief camp for people displaced by the Manipur violence. People living here are a target of Kuki terrorists. The camp has been attacked before. Security has been beefed up in the area as a precautionary measure and curfew has been imposed till further orders.
According to officials, the militants wore uniforms like soldiers. They had modern weapons and ammunition. The dead bodies of the slain terrorists are kept at Borobekera Police Station.
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After the encounter, the bodies of the extremists were kept at one place.
The area is adjacent to the Assam border, home to a camp for people displaced by the Manipur violence.
Heavy ammunition seized in 3 days in Imphal Assam Rifles said on Monday that security forces have seized several arms, ammunition and IEDs during search operations in the hill and valley districts of Manipur in the last 3 days.
On November 9, a joint team of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police seized one .303 rifle, two 9 mm pistols, six 12 single barrel rifles, one .22 rifle, ammunition and accessories from the forests of L Khonomfai village in Churachandpur district. .
On November 10, a joint team of Assam Rifles, Manipur Police and BSF seized arms and ammunition from Utangpokpi area of Kakching district. It consisted of 0.22 rifle, ammunition and accessories.
November 9: A woman was killed by militants in Saiton in Bishnupur district.
It has been almost 500 days since the violence in Manipur It has been almost 500 days since the ongoing violence between the Kuki-Maitei. During this period, 237 deaths occurred, more than 1500 people were injured, 60 thousand people left their homes and live in relief camps. About 11 thousand FIRs were registered and 500 people were arrested.
During this time there were incidents like naked parade of women, gangrape, burning alive and throat slitting. Even now Manipur is divided into two parts. There is Kuki in the hill districts and Maitei in the plains districts.
School- mobile internet was stopped. The state government banned the internet for 5 days on September 10 following a sudden rise in violent incidents in Manipur. However, the ban on broadband internet was lifted on 12 September.
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