Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 25 2010:
A suspected underground activist was killed by a team of Thoubal Police commandos in an alleged encounter tonight at Wangjing Tentha Lamkhai.
The police recovered one 9 mm pistol and a hand grenade from the encounter site.
A police report said that the encounter occurred at about 9 pm when the police commando team on frisking and checking duty spotted some persons moving in a suspicious manner and challenged them to stop to be checked.
When they were asked to stop, the miscreants opened fire to the police commandos who retaliated resulting in a brief exchange of fire.
In the exchange of fire one of the suspects was killed while the other managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness, the police report said.
The dead body of the suspected underground was spotted when the police commando team conducted a search operation in the aftermath of the firing.
A 9 mm pistol and one hand grenade were recovered from the encounter site, the report added.