Major incidents of terrorist violence in Manipur, 1992-2010

2010

March 2: Three suspected cadres of the Military Defence Force faction of the KYKL were shot dead by a rival faction at Kamuching hills under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal District.

February 17: At least five PREPAK militants were shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter in Chandel District.

February 11: Three suspected valley based militants were shot dead by the Assam Rifles during an encounter at Nambasi village under Kasom Khullen Sub-Division in Ukhrul District.

2009

December 24: Three suspected militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel at Waithou Chiru in Thoubal District. Three 9-mm pistols and some ammunition are recovered from the incident site.

December 24: Three suspected PREPAK cadres are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel at Sajik Tampak area in Chandel District along India-Myanmar border. One AK rifle, two hand grenades and some ammunition are recovered from the incident site.

December 24: Three suspected PREPAK cadres are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel at Sajik Tampak area in Chandel District along India-Myanmar border. An M-16 rifle, a revolver, some ammunition and a radio set are recovered from possession of the militants. PREPAK had made Sajik Tampak near the India-Myanmar border a "liberated zone" till troops moved into the place before the 2004 Parliamentary elections and cleared the militant camps from the area.

December 15: Three minor children, including a girl, are killed during a mortar shell explosion at Senvon village under Tipaimukh sub-division in Churachandpur District.

November 23: Five Assam Rifles personnel, including two officers, are killed in an ambush carried out by the Manipur People’s Army (MPA), armed wing of the UNLF, at Old Somtal area in Chandel District. The slain Assam Rifles officers were identified as Major Bhupendra Mehra and Captain R. Kumar. The militants managed to decamp with two AK-47 Rifles along with magazines, two INSAS Rifles with magazines and a stand Carbine from the ambush site.

October 31: Seven suspected militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter near the foothills of Andro Khunou Sanapat under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal District. A huge cache of sophisticated arms and explosives is recovered from the possession of the slain militants.

October 8: Three suspected PREPAK militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel in between Sanapat and Andro under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal District. Some arms and ammunition are recovered from the possession of the slain militants.

October 3: Three suspected militants belonging to the Military Defence Force faction of the KYKL and two civilians are killed during an encounter between militants and the Bishnupur District Police at Leimaram Bazaar under Nambol Police Station. A Policeman is also wounded in the encounter. Subsequently, three more cadres of the outfit were arrested from the encounter site.

September 12: Four India Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel are killed and four others wounded in an ambush carried out by the PLA at Ngakha hill in the Imphal East District. The militants used rocket launchers, lethod guns and other sophisticated weapons to target the vehicles. The militants also snatched an INSAS rifle, an AK-47 rifle and a self-loading rifle before retreating into the hills. The deceased IRB personnel were identified as Khangembam Nanda, Amuchou Singh, Vicky Singh and Ashing.

September 7: Three KLA militants along with the driver of a passenger vehicle are killed during an encounter between militants and troops at Mokot Chepu village under Litan Police Station in Ukhrul District.

September 7: Three cadres belonging to Military Defence Force group of the KYKL, including one suspected to be involved in the killing of a passenger bus driver, are shot dead by the Bishnupur District Police during an encounter atop the hillock near Ningthoukhong Khunou. One AK-56 Rifles, one magazine loaded with eight live rounds of ammunition, three fired cartridges, one M-16 Rifles, one magazine loaded with 13 live rounds, two missed fire cartridges, one Austrian made pistol, one magazine loaded with two bullets, three Chinese made hand grenades, one ICOM Radio set and one mobile hand set are recovered from the encounter site.

August 12: Three suspected NSCN-IM cadres are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter between Shakok and Phaliang under Phungyar Police Station in Ukhrul District.

July 19: Three suspected militants belonging to the Puranthaba Lamyanba Khuman group of the Military Council faction of the KCP are shot dead by a combined force of the Bishnupur District Police and Army during an encounter at Chini Ingkhol in Churachandpur District. Two 9-mm pistols along with one magazine and five live ammunitions, two cell phones, two voter ID cards and a double barrel gun are recovered from the possession of the slain militants. Police say the encounter took place, as a follow up action, in connection with an abduction bid on the Executive Engineer of the Local Development Authority (LDA) on July 15 wherein a driver of the LDA, Yuman Manichandra Singh, was killed.

June 20: At least 10 cadres of an unspecified militant outfit are killed in a clash along the India-Myanmar border. The report adds that the attackers decamped with weapons and other items after the killing. Another source mentions that the 10 slain militants belong to a major militant outfit operating in Manipur. They are killed when about 60 cadres revolt against the leadership, said the source and added that among those killed is a 'Lieutenant Colonel' of the outfit.

June 11: Three non-local labourers are shot dead and two others injured by unidentified militants inside the Central Agriculture University campus at Iroisemba under Lamphel Police Station in Imphal West District.

May 15: Six suspected KYKL militants are shot dead by a combined team of the Imphal West District Police, Assam Rifles and Army during an encounter at a hillock located between Koutruk and Haraothel at the junction of Imphal West and Senapati Districts. Five AK-56 rifles, five magazines, 77 live rounds, one pistol with three live rounds and two Chinese hand grenades are recovered from the encounter site.

May 13: Four militants of the Military Council faction of the KNF and one Assam Rifles personnel were killed during an encounter at Khoupum area of Tamenglong District. An AK-47, one M-16 rifle, one SLR rifle, one .303 rifle and lethode bombs are recovered from the encounter site. The slain Assam Rifles personnel is identified as Havilder T. Kuki.

May 11: Unidentified militants kill nine non-locals inside the Keibul Lamjao National Park at Khordak Awang Leikai area in Bishnupur District. The dead bodies of five slain persons have been recovered so far. Sources say the killing is a revenge attack for the reverses suffered by the PREPAK militants in the counter-insurgency operation (Summer Storm) conducted jointly by the Army and Manipur Police in April 2009. Meanwhile, another report mentions that five slain persons, whose dead bodies are recovered, are suspected to be central Security Force personnel.

May 9: Three suspected militants are shot dead by a combine force of the Imphal East District Police and Assam Riffle during an encounter at a foothill on way to Kalika from Irilbung Bridge under Irilbung Police Station. Two 9-mm pistols with five live rounds, one revolver with four live rounds and two Chinese hand grenades are recovered from the encounter site. Three diaries marked with Tele Index were also recovered from each of the three slain militants.

April 29: Three suspected militants are shot dead by a combined force of the Imphal West District Police and Army during an encounter at Hiyangthang Tarahei Awang under Wangoi Police Station. One AK-56 Rifle with 12 rounds, one M-20 pistol with three rounds, two Chinese hand grenades and INR 2,695 are recovered from the encounter site. A driving license issued in the name of one Kshetrimayum Sanjit Singh is also recovered from the possession of one of the slain militants.

April 14: Three PREPAK militants are shot dead by troops during the counter-insurgency Operation Summer Storm in the Loktak lake area of Bishnupur District.

April 13: Seven PREPAK militants are shot dead by troops in a continuing counter-insurgency Summer Storm operation in the Loktak lake area of Bishnupur District. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Army in a statement claims that so far eight militants are confirmed killed and another militant hideout was also neutralised during the operation. The PRO said the troops had to temporarily stop firing when they saw a woman along with a child during the course of the operation. The woman was identified as the wife of a PREPAK militant, Suresh Kumar.

March 18: Three suspected KCP militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter in the Moirangthal area of Chandel District along the India-Myanmar border. However, some other militants managed to escape from the encounter site along with the dead bodies of the slain militants.

March 16: Three militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel near Kwatha village while trying to infiltrate into Chandel District from the Myanmar side of the border along with weapons.

March 7: A joint team of the Manipur Police and Assam Rifles shot dead the leader of the Azad faction of the PULF and three other cadres of the outfit during a pre-dawn encounter in the foothills of Tekhanbi Kachin in the Imphal East District. The four slain PULF cadres include the 'chairman' of the faction, Mohammed Azad alias Abul Kalam, 'finance secretary', Mohammed Sahid alias Raj Khan, Mohammed Firoz Khan and Mohammed Azad Khan Shekhar alias Ijaaj Khan.

February 18 : Four militants are killed and three others wounded in a clash between cadres of the NSCN-IM and combined cadres of the PREPAK and Naga National Council at Thanagong village under Nungba Sub-Division in the Tamenglong District. The slain and wounded militants belong to the combined PREPAK and NNC outfits. Telegraph reports that Khoupum is a stronghold of the NSCN-IM.

February 13: The Sub-Divisional Officer of Khasom Khullen in Ukhrul District, Thinam Kishan, and his two colleagues are abducted by the NSCN-IM militants, with the alleged connivance of the Deputy Commissioner of the District, and are later killed.

January 23: While contradicting a claim of the UNLF of having destroyed bunkers and inflicted casualties on the SFs at Khenjang in Chandel District on January 18, the Assam Rifles said five militants were killed in the retaliatory firing and several others managed to escape from the incident site.

January 15: Three suspected militants belonging to an unspecified militant outfit are killed during an encounter with the SFs at Nongmada under Lamlai Police station in the Imphal East District.

2008

December 8: Five suspected PREPAK cadres are shot dead by Thoubal District Police at Langathel Thongkhong under Kakching Police Station.

December 1: Three suspected KCP cadres are shot dead by a combined team of Thoubal District Police and personnel of Assam Rifles during an encounter at Yairipok Pechi Junction under Yairipok Police Station.

November 26: Around five to six militants force six contractor workers out of their vehicles and open fire on them, killing five, when they were engaged in collecting soil near the Maphou dam site in Nongdam Tangkhul. The Masphu dam is being built over the Thoubal River at the tri-junction of Imphal East, Senapati and Ukhrul Districts.

November 21: Three militants are shot dead by a team of Assam Rifles and Police at Nongren in the Imphal East District.

November 17: Three suspected militants are shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel during an encounter at Sajik Tampak under Kakching Police Station limits in the Thoubal District along the India-Myanmar border.

October 23: Five cadres of the Military Council faction of the KCP and PULF are shot dead by a combined team of the Imphal East District Police commandos and personnel of 39 Assam Rifles during an encounter at Heingang Heibimakhong Ching under Heingang Police Station.

October 21: At least 18 persons are killed and over 30 persons injured when a bomb fitted to a motorcycle explodes near the high security Ragailong gate in capital Imphal. The explosion site is very close to the rear headquarters of 20 Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police commando complex. The Military Council faction of the KCP claims responsibility for bomb blast.

September 24: Three suspected cadres of the Military Council faction of the KCP are shot dead by a joint team of Imphal West District Police and Assam Rifles of the Red Shield Division at Thangjing Chiru under Patsoi Police Station.

September 10: Three persons are shot dead by the suspected militants at Pangong Wangma near a suspension bridge on the Iril River under Porompat Police Station in the Imphal East District.

September 8: Five suspected PREPAK militants are shot dead by SFs during an encounter at Ngakrapat in the Bishnupur District. One woman is also wounded in the crossfire.

July 19: Three children are killed and two others sustained injuries when a bomb explodes at a playground in the Phaisanjang village under Moreh Police Station in Chandel District.

July 1: Three suspected KYKL militants while attempting to set ablaze a hijacked school bus are killed by Imphal East District Police during an encounter at Langol Games Village zone-III under Lamphel Police Station.

Three suspected PREPAK cadres are shot dead by the Imphal East District Police during an encounter at Laphupokpi.

June 12: Three KNA cadres are killed during a factional clash with the KRA at Molkon village under Saikul Police Station in the Senapati District. One India Reserve Battalion personnel, Paokholun Lhungdim, is reported to have been killed in the crossfire.

June 11 & 12: Four militants belonging to the Azad faction of the PULF, including one ‘District commander’ Altab Ali alias Sana, are killed when a combined force of Imphal East District Police and troops of Assam Rifles neutralise a hideout of the outfit at the foothills of Urup Kangthak village under Irilbung Police Station. Three other slain militants are identified as Mohmmed Sadam, Mohammed Amubi alias Feroz Khan, and Mohammed Dilip. Meanwhile, nine militants manage to escape from the hideout.

June 9: Two KNA cadres and one KRA cadre are killed during a factional clash between two outfits at Molkon village under Saikul Police Station in the Senapati District. One KRA cadre was injured in the clash.

May 1: Two Assam Rifles personnel, Rifleman R.K. Trichi and Rifleman B.T. Barbar, are killed while four others sustained injuries when the UNLF ambushed troops travelling on security convoys at two places in the New Somtal area in Chandel district. While one attack occurred at an unspecified location between Phairengkot and Hrengkot villages, the other occurred at Molcham.

April 24: Three suspected militants were shot dead by Manipur Police at Langol Games Village under Lamphel police station in the Imphal West district. According to police sources, all the three slain militants belonged to the Muslim community. Two 9-mm pistols with four live rounds and six empty cases were recovered from their possession.

April 14: Three militants – two from the NSCN-K and one from the rival NSCN-IM – are killed in a factional clash. The incident occurred when armed NSCN-IM cadres ‘raided' a place near Tousem GHS in the Tamenglong district where some NSCN-K cadres were hiding. The slain NSCN-K militants are identified as Seilor of Tisimpuikam village in Nagaland and Duamthaolung of Theulam village in the Tamenglong district of Manipur. ‘Lance corporal’ Wangsili of NSCN-IM were also killed in the clash.

March 24: Three persons, including two girls, were killed by the PREPAK militants in the Thoubal district.

March 18: Unidentified militants kill seven non-local labourers and injure two others. While five persons were killed at Thumbi foothill in the Kangla Sangomsang area of Imphal East district, two others were shot dead at Kakching in Thoubal district. Many of the non-locals abducted by the militants escaped death after they were rescued by the locals.

March 18: The president of the Kuki Revolutionary Army-Unification (KRA-U), Seitnmang Chongloi, along with three others, who were allegedly involved in the murder of KRA founder member and commander-in-chief K Hangsing in New Delhi in November 2007, are killed by the KRA militants at Saikhul in Senapati district. The slain persons include Bungkholal Chongloi, who contested in the Assembly elections twice from the Kangpokpi constituency and was also a retired jailer, Paochang Chongloi and Nehjahan Chongloi.

March 17: At least seven non-Manipuris are shot dead by unidentified militants at Mayang Imphal Hanglun in the capital Imphal. The victims were sellers of tobacco products, which were banned by the PLA.

February 22: Five KRA militants, including an old man and four child recruits, are abducted and subsequently killed by suspected militants of the KLA at an unspecified place along the road leading to Thangal Surung from Ekou Bazar under Saikul police station of Senapati district. The slain militants are identified as Hanpau Chongloi, Public Relations Officer of the KRA, Pouginlal Hangsing, Lamgoumang Louvum, Jangmilal Hangsing, and Seigoulen Khongsai. A vehicle hijacked by the slain militants is also set ablaze by the suspected KLA cadres in the incident site.

2007

December 16: At least eight persons, including five women, are killed and 22 others are wounded when unidentified militants blow up a crowded mini-bus exploding an IED near Paorabi under Lamlai police station along the Imphal Ukhrul road Imphal East district.

October 3: At least six CRPF personnel are killed and eight others wounded when around 20 PREPAK militants ambushed one of the three security convoys plying along the National Highway-53 at Khonglong Part-II area under Sapermeina police station in the Senapati district.

September 22: Three suspected PREPAK militants are killed by the security forces in an encounter at Taothong in the Imphal West district.

September 4: Three militants belonging to the Farooq faction of the PULF, including its 'commander' Mohammed Yusub Ali alias Ibocha, are shot dead by security force personnel in an encounter at the foothill of Keirao in the Imphal East district.

September 3: At least 12 KLA militants were killed by the NSCN-IM at a forest near Tangkhul Hundung Khunou under Litan police station in the Ukhrul district.

September 3: Three cadres of the NSCN-IM and two cadres of the NSCN-K are killed in an internecine clash at hilly Khundong village under Noney police station in the Tamenglong district.

August 11: Assam Rifles personnel shot dead three unidentified militants belonging to the KYKL and PULF at Tingri under Sekmai police station in the Thoubal district.

July 24: At least ten militants of the KLA, including a top leader identified as Thunder Kuki, his wife and his deputy, identified as Kingson, are killed in a factional clash between Bongbal and Rongyang under Yairipok police station in the Thoubal district. The killing was reportedly executed by Mosaun Kuki, the publicity secretary. Mosaun and his associates revolted against Thunder's leadership killing Thunder himself, his wife, his deputy, Kingson along with four other cadres.

July 14: Three suspected PLA cadres, identified as Thangjam Jatish alias Yaima, Ingudam Chaoba alias Luwang and Naorem Mukesh alias Leikaikanba, were killed in an encounter with the security force personnel at Bomdiyar area in capital Imphal.

June 12: Assam Rifles personnel killed four unidentified cadres of the President faction of the KNF during an exchange of fire at Gelnel village in the Senapati district. An officer of the Assam Rifles, identified as Mj. Dhaiya, also sustained injuries during the clash.

June 9: Unidentified separate group of militants killed five persons belonging to the Kuki tribe and six persons belonging to the Meiteis in separate incidents at Moreh in the Chandel district.

June 1: Police killed at least three KYKL cadres at Manturam village in the Kasom Khullen subdivision of Ukhrul district and also recovered two AK-56 rifles, and 239 rounds of ammunition from the incident site.

May 29: The Zougam faction of the KNF outfit killed five of its cadres, Dany, Seitinlal, Paominlen, Hencha and Lalminlul alias Jerry, who deserted the outfit's camp at T Bijang in the Churachandpur district. The KNF recovered one lethod gun, four AK series rifles and one M-16 from the slain deserters.

May 1: Five unidentified UNLF cadres are killed when SF personnel neutralized a militant hideout at T. Namphao Gamphajol village in the Chandel district.

April 6: Police killed three youths, identified as Sapam Paka Singh, Taorem Bobo and H. Thangkhenmung, and recovered an unexploded grenade from the incident site at Kwakeithel Heinou Khongnembi Laishram Leika in the Imphal west district. Police claimed the three youths attacked a frisking party with grenades and were shot in retaliatory fire.

March 19: The UNLF claimed that at least ten SF personnel are killed, while many are injured when its cadres attacked their post at Hollenjang in Chandel district.

March 13: At least 16 militants belonging to an unspecified hill-based militant group are suspected to have been killed in a gunfight with a rival outfit at Sita village in the Chandel district.

Six militants were killed in a clash between KNF and KNA cadres at Phaijang village in the Senapati district. While five dead bodies were recovered on March 13 and another body was recovered on January 14.

March 8: Five migrant workers are shot dead by unidentified militants at Ningthoukhong Kha-Khunou Patmang in the Bishnupur district. Police sources said that they are brought there tied and shot dead.

February 25: 16 security force personnel, coming back from Khoupum, a tribal village, after performing election duty, are killed by UNLF militants in an ambush at Khoirok Lamkai under Sadar Hills.

February 9: UNLF militants ambushed a poll party carrying electronic voting machines between Rehang and Ningcha in the Ukhrul district, killing three CRPF personnel, an election official and a civilian. Another CRPF personnel is critically injured. The poll team is returning to the Kamjong subdivision headquarters after collecting voting machines from remote locations of the district. The militants also decamped with two self-loading rifles and a light machine gun.

January 29: The UNLF claimed to have killed three SF personnel in an encounter at Gamphajol under Moreh police station in the Chandel district. However, the Public Relation Officer (Defence) confirmed that one SF personnel is injured in the encounter.

January 28: The UNLF claimed to have killed at least five SF personnel and wounded eight others in an ambush at an unspecified place between Tingthai and Langang villages in the Chandel district. However, the Public Relation Officer (Defence Wing) confirmed that only one SF personnel is killed, while another is injured in the attack.

January 27: An unidentified militant shot dead four suspected PULF militants, including Mohammed Amir Khan, the ‘fighting commander’ of the outfit, at Salungpham Chingkhong in the Thoubal district.

2006

December 4: Four civilians, Thangjam Bishwarjit, Moirangthem Dharmendra, Thangjam Hemanta and Naorem Chandrakanta, are shot dead by suspected Kuki militants at an unspecified place between Kangpokpi and Changoubung in the Senapati district.

November 13: The PREPAK claimed to have killed at least five SF personnel and wounded 20 others in a attack on the Assam Rifles' post at Kakching Lamkhai in the Thoubal district.

October 21: Three suspected KNA cadres are killed in an attack by KRA militants at Ekou under Saikul police station in the Senapati district.

October 17: Three dead bodies are recovered from Mandeu village in the Tamenglong district, from where a factional clash is reported between the NSCN- K and MPA on the one hand and the NSCN-IM on the other. The NSCN-IM claims that the bodies belonged to the combined forces of the NSCN- K and MPA.

September 21: Three ZRA cadres are beaten to death after being abducted by rival cadres of the KNA at Sielmat in the Churachandpur district.

September 12: Four SF personnel belonging to the Assam Rifles are killed, while three others sustain injuries when a column of Assam Rifles is ambushed by PLA cadres at a spot between Leisiphou and Oksu under Lamsang police station limits in the Imphal West district.

August 16: At least five civilians, including two children, are killed while over 50 others, including five American and two French nationals, sustained injuries when suspected terrorists lobbed a powerful grenade at a crowded Krishna Janmashatami celebration held at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple complex at Sangaiprou in Imphal.

August 11: Three UNLF cadres are killed while two others sustain injuries following an exchange of fire with the SF personnel at Semol in the Chandel district.

June 14: Three PLA militants are killed and four others wounded in an ambush laid by the SF personnel at Wakshu under Tengnoupal police station limits in the Chandel district. Three AK-47 rifles along with a huge cache of ammunitions and incriminating documents are recovered from the site of the incident.

June 1: Three youths, Thangjam Anand, Ningthoujam Bidyasagar and Salam Borchandra Singh, are shot at by UNLF at two different places in the Imphal East and West districts as 'punishment' for their alleged involvement in extorting money in the name of the outfit.

May 6: Three ZRNF cadres are killed in an encounter with the SFs at G. Kholet village in the Senapati district. One M16 rifle, two pistols, two Chinese-make hand grenades, several rounds of ammunition, one wireless set and some documents are recovered from the incident site.

May 4: Three suspected militants are killed while four persons, including two SF personnel, sustained injuries in an encounter at Rengkai in the Churachandpur district. Two pistols with magazines and some rounds of ammunition are recovered from the site of the incident.

April 25: Four KCP cadres, including the Thoubal 'district commander', are killed following an encounter with the police at Nungei Khunou under Lilong police station limits in the Thoubal district. Two pistols, one live round of 9-mm calibre, seven empty cases along with a vehicle used by the slain militants are recovered.

March 11: Four unidentified PLA cadres and a woman, Maikham Singlai, are killed and a two-year old child is wounded in an encounter between the SF personnel and militants at a place near Chingkhan Yonyer village under Tengnoupal police station in the Chandel district.

February 20: In an ambush PAL militants kill four police personnel at Thoubal.

January 23: Four suspected PLA cadres are killed in an encounter with the SFs at Sandankhong in the Bishnupur district.

January 21: During the counter insurgency Operation Dragnet, targeting the UNLF in Parbung and Thanlon sub-divisions of the Churachandpur district, two UNLF cadres and a SF personnel are killed.

January 20: A Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, Rajiv Bakshi, is killed by militants in an ambush at Parbung area under Tipaimukh sub-division in the Churachandpur district. Four UNLF cadres are also killed in SFs’ retaliatory firing following the militant ambush.

January 14: Two Assam Rifles personnel and an unidentified PLA cadre are killed at the Khoibu Maring village under Tengnuopal police station in the Chandel district.

January 3: Three SF personnel are killed and five others sustain injuries during an encounter with the UNLF cadres in Longpi village under Nungba police station in the Tamenglong district.

2005

December 31: The Inspector General of Police (Intelligence), Tunglut Thangthaum, is killed along with a Constable and two police personnel are injured in an attack by the PLA on the National Highway 153 in Bishnupur district.

December 27: Four UNLF cadres and one SF personnel is killed in an encounter at Ningthoukhong Mamang Pat near Loktak Lake in the Bishnupur district.

December 15: Four militants are killed in a clash between the KNA and KNF-P at the Koubru Hill Range under Gamnom Sapermeina police station in Senapati district.

November 29: Three civilians are killed by unidentified militants at Tentha Tuwangbam under Kakching police station in the Thoubal district.

November 19: Four member of a family are killed and a SF personnel is injured in an encounter between the Assam Rifles and a combined team of NSCN-K and UNLF militants at Longmai part-III village under Longmai police station in the Tamenglong district. The injured SF personnel succumbs to his injury subsequently.

November 13: Three CRPF personnel are killed and two others sustain injuries in an ambush by the UNLF at a spot between Kaimai and Sibilong, under Nungba police station in the Tamenglong district.

November 8: 21 persons, including 13 women, are injured in an explosion at Thangal market area in Imphal city. Two injured persons subsequently succumb to their injuries.

October 9: Four soldiers are killed in an ambush by the UNLF at Zoupi under the Chakpikarong police station in Chandel district.

September 19: Ten SF personnel are killed in an attack by the KYKL at upper Ngaryan hills range in the Bishnupur district.

August 10: Four civilians killed and two others sustain injuries in a cross-fire between SF personnel and KYKL cadres at Umathel under Waikhong police station in the Thoubal district.

July 20: An NSCN-IM 'area commander' and three of his accomplices are killed while damaging a bridge over the Irang River on the National Highway No. 53 in the Tamenglong district.

July 10: Three Assam Rifles personnel are killed and seven persons, including two civilians, are injured as PLA terrorists trigger a powerful bomb explosion and subsequently ambush a SF patrol in the Waithou Area of Thoubal district.

June 30: Five SF personnel and four PLA terrorists killed and three others sustain injuries in an encounter at Thangjng Ching in the Churachandpur district.

April 30: PREPAK terrorists kill parents of two surrendered cadres and injure another during separate attacks at Nongpok Sekmai and Nungba under Yairipok police station in the Thoubal district.

April 23: The KYKL kills five drug traffickers at Khetrigaon in the Imphal East district as part of its ‘anti-drugs campaign’.

April 4: Three KNF (Samuel faction) cadres are killed during an internecine clash with the rival Military Council faction (KNF-MC) at Molcham village in the Churachandpur district.

February 17: Five Assam Rifles personnel are killed and two others sustain injuries in an ambush by the KYKL at Kumbi in the Bishnupur district.

February 15: At least two cadres of the UNLF and one of the NSCN-IM are killed, while six persons sustain injuries during two separate incidents in the Tamenglong district.

January 18: Two civilians and an unidentified terrorist are killed at Wangoo Saban Nungoi Leikai under Sugnu police station limits in the Thoubal district.

January 16: The UNLF claims to have killed at least six SF personnel during an attack carried out by its Manipur People’s Army (MPA) cadres at a place between Tuilaphai and Sijon village in Churachandpur district.

January 6: Two children and a woman are killed and three persons sustain injuries as an abandoned grenade explodes at Moirangkhunou under Moirang police station limits in the Bishnupur district.

2004

October 9: Six PLA terrorists and a security force personnel killed in an encounter at Khonkai in Churachandpur district. Seven AK series rifles and large caches of ammunition were recovered from the incident site.

September 6: Three Assam Rifles personnel, belonging to the 37th Battalion, are killed in an ambush by unidentified terrorists at the Sita area under Tengnoupal police station in Chandel district

May 4: At least seven Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) terrorists are killed during an encounter with the troops near Moinam village in the Ukhrul district.

April 25: Three suspected UNLF terrorists are killed during an encounter with the police at Yairipok Top Chingtha in the Thoubal district. A Manipur Police commando and a civilian are also wounded during the encounter.

April 24: The former Director General of Police of Manipur, Y. Jugeshwor Singh, is shot dead by unidentified terrorists at his residence in the capital Imphal. The outlawed KYKL claims responsibility for the killing.

April 23: Three police commandos are killed and another sustains injuries during an ambush by unidentified terrorists at Khordak in the Bishnupur district.

April 20: Armed terrorists abducted at least 64 polling officials and snatched several Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the first phase of polling to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in Manipur.

March 18: Three unidentified terrorists and a civilian are killed during an encounter with security force personnel at Wangboo village in the Chandel district.

February 28: Three senior Kuki National Front-Zougam group (KNF-Z) terrorists are killed by the Kuki National Front-Samuel group (KNF-S) in a factional gunfight at Hengjang near Patlian village in the Churachandpur district.

January 6: Three KYKL terrorists are killed during an encounter that occurred between the Heirok Part III Litan Makhong and Enganglok areas of Thoubal district.

2003