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Home Ministry deploys 5,000 more central force members to Manipur after a clash between security forces and militants
An encounter took place between security forces and militants in Imphal East district of Manipur on Thursday night. During this, several rounds of firing took place for about an hour. However, there is no news of any casualty in the firing. It is said that the militants opened fire in Shantikhongbal, Yingangpokpi Uyok Ching, and Thamnapokpi Uyok Ching villages. The Home Ministry has sent five thousand additional central force personnel to the state.
An encounter took place between security forces and militants on Thursday night in the Imphal East district of Manipur. Several rounds of firing took place for about an hour during this. However, there is no news of any casualty in the firing.
It is said that the militants opened fire in Shantikhongbal, Yingangpokpi Uyok Ching, and Thamnapokpi Uyok Ching villages. Police said that the security forces fired a few rounds in the air to drive them away. Ethnic violence has been going on in Manipur since May last year, in which more than 250 people have been killed and thousands displaced.
Violence in the state is unabated, while chaos mounted following the brutal killing of three women and their three children in Jiribam earlier this month. At the same time, in the wake of the deteriorating situation, the Union Home Ministry has deployed five thousand additional central force personnel in the state of Manipur.
