Soldiers killed in a bomb explosion at Manipur

Imphal, June 4: The 3 militants were seriously injured while exploded a powerful bomb near H.Bongyang village, six km from the Manipur-Myanmar border on Saturday afternoon.

The injured security personnel, one junior commissioned officer, and two riflemen were airlifted to the military hospital in Leimakhong near Imphal. All the three are battling for their lives, according to police.

They were on patrol after coming out of their camp at Khudengthabi when the roadside bomb was detonated by a remote control device.

Although other troopers opened fire, it is not known if the militants suffered any casualties. No firearms were snatched, police said.

There have been a series of bomb blasts in Moreh, the town adjoining the India-Myanmar border, in the recent past. A few days back, two troopers of 165 Territorial Army were killed and two wounded in a similar bomb blast at Lokchao.

Four policemen also sustained injuries at Kotha when militants attacked them with similar bombs.

A woman eking out a living as a porter was also shot dead in the town. Police have, however, not been able to make any progress in the investigations.