NSCN-K, KYKL insurgents killed during Manipur ambush

June 29, 2015 19:23

Two insurgents were killed during the June 4 ambush on armymen in Chandel district of Manipur and they belonged to NSCN (Khaplang) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, the state Assembly was informed today.

Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei, who holds the Home portfolio, said this while replying to a question from Samuel Risom, MLA of Ukhrul.

NSCN-K, KYKL and Kangleipak Communist Party were suspected to be responsible for the ambush that killed 18 soldiers of the Army's Dogra Regiment, Gangmei said.

Risom also asked him whether it is true that 83 insurgents were killed in a retaliatory move by the army as reported in an English daily.

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