An Assam Rifles personnel was killed and two other injured in an ambush early this morning at Indo-Myanmar border at Satang village near Kotha 18 km from Manipur's border town Moreh in Chandel district, the police said.
The Manipur People Army (MPA) of the outlawed militant outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) claimed they carried out the ambush, police officers said.
A convoy of the 24 Assam Rifles (AR) was ambushed at Satang village at about 6.40 AM, they said adding, the AR troops also retaliated and the gun battle between AR and MPA lasted about five hours
The deceased was identified as Paokhulet Baite (31) of the 24 AR, but the identities of the two injured AR personnel were yet to be ascertained, the police said.
It might be recalled that night time curfew has been imposed along 380 km stretch of Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Ukhrul, Chandel and Churachandpur districts prohibiting movement of any person along five km span of the international border for six months since October 12.
