Mail News Service
Imphal, Aug 2 : In the past month, Assam Rifles have foiled three large scale infiltration bids of armed cadres of underground into Manipur from across the border. On 30 Jun 12, 9-10 armed militants infiltrated into general area Phaikoh, in Ukhrul district. On receipt of the input, AR columns were mobilized and moved to intercept the UG’s infiltration bid. in the ensuing fire fight, five militants were killed out of which four bodies were recovered. However, balance of militants managed to escape across the border. In another incident on 03 July 2012, one party of AR moving from Kwatha to Satang was fired upon by a group of Armed Insurgents from Satang Ridge in which two soldiers sustained bullet injuries.
On immediate retaliation by the AR personnel the insurgents fled away across the IB, probably after sustaining serious injuries to a few of their cadres. Recently on 28 Jul 12, armed cadres of PLA made an attempt to infiltrate along Taret River. On getting this information, AR troops quickly moved to block the likely infiltration routes and laid ambushes in general area Haikot and Khoibu Centre. Around mid day on 29 Jul 12, contact with the militants was established, at Khoibu Centre.
AR troops exercised maximum caution in view of the presence of civilians in the village, however, militants fired indiscriminately with utter disregard to the locals. As per local inputs, during the fire fight, one civilian was injured and four to five militants suffered injuries of which one was critical. A large cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered during the subsequent search conducted of the area.
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