Imphal, April 14: Few minutes before the deadly tremor strike back in Manipur, suspected rebels triggered a powerful explosive device near a transit camp of the Assam Rifle located near Khuman Lampak in Imphal East killing at least one personnel on duty and injuring three others.
Minutes before the strike, another group of rebels attack a convoy of Army at Nungba area in Tamenglong district killing a Major of the 21 Para troopers.
Army officials said one ZUF terrorist was also killed in the encounter which started during a combing operation undertaken by Rashtriya Rifles and Special Forces personnel.
While the terrorist was killed in an earlier encounter, Major Amit Deswal of 21 Para, from Jhajjar district in Haryana, lost his life during an exchange later in the same area.
Later today morning, the dead body was today paid full honoured at Imphal Tulihal Airport and flown to his home state.
Meanwhile, in the explosion triggered by suspected rebel near a transit camp of AR near Khuman lampak three personnel sustain serious injury. Among them an AR identified as Bijendrakumar @ Gourachand Yadav of Rajasthan succumbed to his injury. The other two identified as Hemencha Devnath and Maniskumar from West Bengal were discharged after treating at RIMS hospital.
Report said the blast was triggered at around 7.10 pm when a convoy of the AR troopers are on road patrol. A shop was totally damaged due to the impact of the blast.