Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 17, 2010:
At least one personnel of Assam Rifles was injured in a gunfight which took place between a group of unknown insurgents and a combined team of Imphal West district police commando and 23 AR around 5.30 pm today at Ngariyan hills in Imphal East district.
On receiving a concrete information on the presence of some UGs in the Ngariyan hill areas, the combined team of Imphal West district police commandos and 23 AR rushed there.
The unknown insurgents attacked the combined team as they reached the spot.
The team retaliated and a gunfight ensued for quite a long time, reports said.
A reliable source said that the combined team went there taking along an arrested UG cadre.
It is not yet known what has happened to the arrested cadre.
Sources further said that reinforcement had rushed there and combing operation was going on when this report was filed at 11.30 pm.