Ten suspected Kuki militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday, the state police said in a statement. A Central Reserve Police Force officer, identified as Sanjeev Kumar, was also injured during the exchange of fire and was taken to Silchar Medical College in Assam.

Eleven suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after the insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons, allegedly fired indiscriminately at Borobekra police station and a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) camp located alongside it in Jiribam district of Manipur, officials claimed.