On January 17, one state policeman was killed when suspected Kuki militants attacked a Security Forces (SFs) vehicle in the border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal District of Manipur on January 17 (today), police said, reports Indian Express. The deceased was identified as Wangkhem Somorjit, an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) trooper, attached to state police commando in Moreh.
On January 17 (today) morning, the Security Forces (SFs) exchanged fire with suspected Kuki militants in three different locations in Moreh town of Tengnoupal District of Manipur, reports Indian Express. The militants hurled bombs and fired at a post of SFs near SBI Moreh, police said, adding that the SFs retaliated the fire. The militants also fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) shells at the temporary commando post damaging several vehicles parked in the vicinity. The SFs retaliated. The suspected Kuki militants fired at a SFs post in Moreh against the arrest of two suspects. SATP had reported that on January 15, a joint team comprising the special commando unit of Manipur Police along with the Moreh Police, arrested two main accused identified as Philip Khaikholal Khongsai and Hemkholal Mate, in the killing of Moreh Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Chingtham Anandkumar on October 31, 2023, from near the Moreh College in the Indo-Myanmar border Town of Moreh in Tengnoupal District of Manipur, along with arm, ammunition and explosive.