Manipur ambush: 20 army men killed, 11 injured
At least 20 army personnel were killed and eleven injured on Thursday when an insurgent group ambushed their patrol in Chandel district of Manipur.
A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of their daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from here, when it was ambushed by an unidentified insurgent outfit with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said in Imphal.
After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons, Army sources said in Delhi. “20 armymen were killed and 11 injured in the attack,” Army spokesman Col Rohan Anand said in Delhi. A suspected insurgent was also killed, police said.
The attack occurred at 9 am when the convoy reached a place between Paralong and Charong villages. More details are awaited. Manipur Home Secretary J Suresh Babu suspected the involvement of Manipur rebel outfit Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in the deadly attack.
After the gunfire, the militants also used khukris to attack the Armymen and set vehicles on fire. The tailboard of the lead vehicle was closed and so the soldiers could not come out, the sources said.
Source: Indian Express
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Woman shot at in Chandel Dist; one beaten to death in Tamenglong Dist
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 31 2015 : A woman identified as Ruisoting (55), a resident of Aimol Setu Village, Pallel was hit by a bullet on her hip at around 9:30 pm on Sunday night when she came out of her house after having dinner.
According to sources, Ruisoting is the wife of one Babudhon and the incident occurred near her residence.
Based on initial reports, Ruisoting was fired at allegedly by 20 Assam Rifles (AR) personnel when she came out of her home after dinner.
Reports coming in said that two armed underground cadres were rounded up by the AR personnel who were taking them somewhere.
Some villagers, who saw the AR action tried stopping the AR team when the incident happened, said sources.
However, the villagers have blamed the AR personnel for the incident.
