Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Two cops hurt: Imphal, Dec 20: One Police Commando and one IRB personnel sustained injuries following heavy exchange of firing between underground activists and Thoubal Police Commandos at Salungpham under Thoubal Police Station at around 12.10 pm on Thursday. According to information culled from the site of the incident, at around 7 am on Thursday, Thoubal Police intercepted report of factional clashes involving PREPAK cadres including one ‘Sidaba’ who is the Thoubal District Commander of the outfit at Ukhongshang. Consequently, four teams of Police Commandos led by OC Kishore- chand rushed to the area. However, as they could not find anything amiss there inspite of searching the area thoroughly, the Commando teams turned back. As they approached Salungpham market, the Commando teams saw the villagers here and there in panic. Suspicious of the whole thing, the commando teams drove their vehicles toward the ground of Salungpham Yambem Mamang Leikai. At around 12.10 pm, as the bullet pr...

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 ...