Assam Rifles jawan hurt while defusing bomb in Saitan village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district

IMPHAL: An Assam Rifles trooper was injured while defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) in Saitan village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Friday morning,

Defence sources said that the injury was not serious. The para-military personnel were defusing the IED in Saitan village, around 60 km south of capital city Imphal. The police said that the security forces continued their combing operation a day after a Manipur police commando was killed and four policemen were injured when Kuki militants attacked a police patrol party at Tronglaobi in the Bishnupur district on Thursday.

Claiming control over the overall situation in Manipur, officials said that 128 columns of the Army and Assam Rifles continued flag marches in the violence-hit areas in different districts. The central forces also undertook round-the-clock aerial surveillance using drones and military choppers.

The overall situation in the ethnic violence-hit Manipur improved further on Friday with the authorities relaxing curfew in 11 districts, including Imphal West and Churachandpur, for four to nine hours. The Army and central paramilitary forces continued their vigil in the sensitive and mixed population areas.

Mobile internet services continued to remain suspended in the state affecting the banking and other important government and non-government services. IANS

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