In Manipur, which saw its final phase of polling yesterday, two CRPF personnel were killed while two others were injured in a suspected militant attack in the Bishnupur district on Saturday.
The attack comes just six days before the first anniversary of the violence that broke out between Kuki and Meitei in the northeastern state a year ago.
How did the attack unfold?
The militant attack took place in the dead of night between 12 and 2:15 am when the attackers opened gunfire from a hilltop at the Naranseina village toward the valley region, targeting a central security force post.
The situation quickly escalated after a bomb detonated at an outpost, leaving four security officials severely injured.
“The militants fired indiscriminately from hilltops, targetting the camp. It started around 12.30 am and continued till about 2.15 am. The militants also hurled bombs, one of which exploded in the outpost of CRPF’s 128 battalion,” a senior police officer told PTI.
According to a report by NDTV, the militants used a crude artillery weapon called “pumpi gun” to launch their assault on the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp.
Who were the CRPF personnel?
The two Central Reserve Police Force officials who died in the attack have been identified as sub-inspector N Sarkar and head constable Arup Saini.
Meanwhile, the injured were Inspector Jadav Das and Constable Aftab Das who received splinter wounds.
The CRPF personnel were deployed to provide security to the IRB camp.
The police have said that a massive search operation is currently underway to identify and catch the perpetrators of the attack.
The attacked IRB camp is located 2 km away from the hills which is close to the Upper Canal, an area where central security forces have been deployed since it was designated a sensitive area after a violence broke out in Manipur last year in May.
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2 CRPF personnel killed in midnight Manipur militant attack, two others severely injured
