On Saturday, fresh violence broke out in Manipur’s Moreh at around 3:45 pm when the armed miscreants ambushed a team of police commandos, leaving one injured. The attack had ensued a gunfight which continued till 5:30 pm.

“Rifleman G Ponkhamlung of 5th India Reserve Battalion was injured in his right thigh by a splinter during the ambush by unknown armed miscreants at Moreh in the Tengnoupal district,” The New Indian Express quoted the Manipur police as saying.

The injured commando was evacuated to an Assam Rifles camp and later, reportedly shifted to a hospital in Imphal.

As per the report,  around midnight on Saturday, the miscreants carried out another attack. They fired rocket-propelled grenades directed at police barracks. This ensued another gunfight.

“Fresh firing started at around 5 pm today (Sunday). There is no report of casualty so far,” a police officer told The New Indian Express.