IMPHAL: A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) died while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Manipur’s Serou area in firing between security forces and a group of insurgents on the intervening night of June 5-6, army officials said.
“One BSF Jawan sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds (GSW) in general area Serou,” the Spear Corps of the Indian Army said in a statement.
A BSF jawan was killed and two Assam Rifles personnel suffered gunshot wounds in Manipur's Serou area, the Army said on Tuesday.
The injured have been air evacuated to Mantripukhri and search operations are in progress, the Army's SpearCorps headquartered in Dimapur said on Twitter.
Further details will follow, it said.
“Extensive area domination operations by Assam Rifles, BSF and Police undertook in areas of Sugnu/Serou in Manipur. Intermittent firing between security forces and a group of insurgents took place throughout the night of June 5-6. Security forces effectively retaliated to the fire,” officials said.