SF, UG Gunbattle in Baruni Hills
Villagers forced to flee homes: Imphal, Dec 17: A huge combined force of Imphal West and Imphal East commandos, 1st Bn Manipur Rifles, 32 Assam Rifles, 39 Assam Rifles and 116th Bn BSF were engaged in a heavy gun fight with suspected cadres of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Nongmaiching (Baruni Hills) on Monday morning. According to information received from the spot, a combined force of Imphal East, Imphal West commandos and troops of 32 and 39 ARs launched an extensive operation at Heikon, Terakhong and Tuisenphai villages in Nongmaiching area at about 5 am on Monday. The security team conducting operations at Heikon and Terakhong was led by SDPO of Imphal East and the combined team in Tuisenphai was led by Imphal East commando OC. As a team of Imphal East commandos headed towards Nongmaipan village on the right side of the road from Sanjenbam in a Gypsy and a bullet-proof vehicle (407 mini-Tata), suspected UG cadres fired three lathode bombs towards the security team. In the ...