Twenty army personals were killed and 11 injured in militants attack in Manipur on Thursday morning around 9 am. The militants are suspected to be Manipur rebel outfit Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). The militants have used rocket-propelled grenades landmines and automatic weapons in the attack. This incident takes place between Paralong and Charong villages, when a convoy of four army vehicles carrying a team of 6th Dogra Regiment.

 

The army personal were going for a road opening patrol (ROP) along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal. The militants have attacked the army vehicles with a powerful improvised explosive device, said a police official. The militants are suspected to be PLA, supported by the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, a revolutionary organization in Manipur, said Manipur Home Secretary J Suresh Babu.

 

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has summoned an urgent meeting with the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag and Nation Security Advisor Ajit Doval. He asked them not to let any militant escape. He said strongest possible actions should be taken against the militants involved in this attack. The Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur has been closed to stop the militants fleeing to the neighboring country. A massive combing operationhas been ordered to nab the militants and all army installations in Manipur and Nagaland put on high alert to prevent any further attacks by the militants.