Cop killed, 5 injured in shootout with ‘Kuki militants’ in Manipur

At least one Manipur police commando was killed and five others sustained injuries in a shootout between security forces and suspected Kuki militants in Bishnupur district on Thursday.

The fresh firing took place in Tronglaobi when a police team was patrolling the area. Reports said the police team, which was travelling on a vehicle, came under indiscriminate firing by the suspected militants, killing one policeman on the spot and injuring five others. The injured were shifted to different hospitals in Imphal.