Militants gun down Manipur cop, target security convoy

A sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) was killed and three constables sustained bullet injuries on Tuesday in two separate attacks by suspected militants close to the India-Myanmar border at Moreh town in Manipur, in a major firing incident in weeks in the ethnic strife-torn state, police said.

Following the killing of Moreh SDPO Chingtham Anand Kumar, the state government recommend declaring World Kuki-Zo Intellectual Council (WKZIC) as a banned group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. "On 31.10.2023, Chingtham Anand Kumar, MPS, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Moreh...was martyred in a firing incident by armed Kuki miscreants while he was on duty overseeing the cleaning of the grounds of Eastern Shine School, Moreh...," the state police said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

According to the police, Kumar, the officer-in-charge of Moreh police station, was shot at in a suspected sniper attack, following which he was rushed to a nearby health centre and later airlifted to Imphal, where he died.

A commercial border town in Tengnoupal district, Moreh is 110 km from Imphal.

Meanwhile, a reinforcement team being dispatched to Moreh came under attack in Bongjang and Sinam areas along the Imphal-Moreh highway, in which three police personnel sustained bullet injuries, officers said, adding all three received injuries on their legs.