Kuki Militants Kill Bengal Truck Driver in Manipur's Ukhrul As Kuki-Naga Tensions Simmer |
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New Delhi: Kuki militants fatally shot a truck driver and injured a constable as they ambushed their convoy in the tense Litan area of Manipur’s Ukhrul yesterday, the state police said early on Saturday (May 30).
It identified the deceased as 57-year-old Nitish Kumar, a native of Hooghly in West Bengal who was working as a truck driver for the Food Corporation of India, and the injured constable as attached with the Litan police station.
Personnel of the state police, the Central Reserve Police Force, the Border Security Force and the Rapid Action Force were escorting stranded Food Corporation and LPG trucks on Friday when the convoy “came under heavy attack” by “armed Kuki militants who had taken tactical positions” near the hilly T.M. Kasom village in Ukhrul, the police said.
“Security forces have launched search operations and area domination at........