Manipur unrest: 2 CRPF personnel killed

New Delhi, NT Bureau: Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel died and two were injured in an attack by armed miscreants in the early hours of Saturday.

A senior police official in Bishnupur said that suspected Kuki militants attacked an Indian Reserve Battalion camp that was being protected by the Central Reserve Police Force.

“The militants fired indiscriminately from hilltops, targeting the camp,” the news agency quoted an unidentified police official as saying.

“It started around 12.30 am and continued till about 2.15 am. The militants also hurled bombs, one of which exploded in the outpost of CRPF's 128 battalion.”

The police have filed a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code related to murder, attempted murder, voluntarily causing grievous hurt and dacoity, as well as under provisions of the Explosive Substances Act.