“Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Tengnoupal district in separate operations,” a police statement said on Saturday (May 2, 2026).
“The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday (April 30, 2026) in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area,” it said.
Five deaths, no arrests as fresh violence grips Manipur
A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.
At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.
