Manipur blast : One Assam Rifles trooper killed, two others injured
Guwahati, June 30 (IBNS) : An Assam Rifles trooper was killed and two others injured when militants exploded a powerful bomb by using remote control in Manipurs Ukhrul district near India's border with Myanmar, on Friday morning, officials said.
On June 15, one Assam Rifles trooper was killed and four others wounded in a powerful explosion triggered by the suspected militants in Ukhrul district.
Militants attacked on a petrol party of the para-military force with a remote control bomb blast when the team returned to their Kasom post near Hundung in the bordering district with Myanmar.
In the militant attack five Assam Rifles personnel were injured and they were airlifted to the militanry hospital at Leimakhong near Imphal, where an Assam Rifles trooper succumbed to his injuries and he was identified as Havildar Lohit Gogoi.
On June 3, three security personnel, including a Junior Commanding Officer (JCO) of Assam Rifles, were injured in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion at the junction of H Mongjang village near Khudengthabi along the National Highway 102 in Imphal-Moreh road.
On May 19, at least four Manipur police commandos and Manipur Rifles jawan were injured in an powerful IED blast triggered by suspected militants in Manipur’s Chandel district.
The explosion took place between Kwatha and Khudentabi area on Imphal-Moreh road, some 10 kms from the Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh, when two vehicles of Manipur police commandos and Manipur Rifles jawan were escorting Parliamentary Secretary (Home), Manipur, L Susindro Meitei, returning from Kwatha.
On May 8, an army jawan was killed and three others including a Junior Commanding Officer ( JCO) were injured in a powerful IED blast at Moreh in Manipur along the Indo-Myanmar border.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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