Imphal: At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur‘s Chandel district, the army said on Thursday.
The Army’s Eastern Command said in a post on X, “Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres near the New Samtal village, Khengjoy tehsil, Chandel district, close to the Indo-Myanmar border, Assam Rifles unit under Spear Corps launched an operation on May 14.”
“During the operation, the troops were fired upon by suspected cadres to which they quickly reacted, redeployed and retaliated in a calibrated and measured manner. In the ensuing firefight, 10 cadres were neutralised and a sizeable quantity of arms and ammunition have been recovered,” said a statement issued by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.
According to an official, the operation is still ongoing as of Thursday morning.
The identity of the militants killed in the operation is yet to be revealed by the security forces.
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Chandel is a tribal-majority hill district, predominantly Naga. Manipur has a 398 km long porous international border with Myanmar.
