Arms recovered, after 4 Manipur militants killed in encounter; tribal group calls for shutdown

In a followup action after the death of four militants in an encounter with security personnel in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, the Army recovered arms and ammunition and destroyed a camp of a banned outfit in the locality, a defence statement said on Wednesday.

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The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) announced a total shutdown in Churachandpur town asa mark of respect and mourning from 12 noon on Thursday till the burial of the four is completed.

Based on inputs about the presence of armed cadres belonging to the proscribed United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an operation was launched at Khanpi village under Henglep subdivision in the district on Tuesday, and the four militants were killed.