Clashes and frenzied mob in action in Senapati #Ukhrul #Manipur after #SecurityForces arrested four suspects in connection with the IED ambush on #AssamRifles convoy in #Ukhrul on July 6 ::: Two AR personnel were killed
Reports claimed such situations prevailed in evening hours following arrest of four persons o July 14 (Tuesday) during a combing operation in Sikibung and TM Kasom villages, under the Litan Police Station in Kamjong district in Manipur.
The Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has demanded immediate release of the four people within 24 hours.
They said "innocent villagers" have been held and cautioned that the failure to comply will result in serious civil unrest.
The operation was reportedly conducted by a joint team of security forces, including the Assam Rifles, Madras Regiment, Maha Regiment, Bihar Regiment and police personnel.
The four detainees are reportedly from Sikibung and have been identified as
Yaoreingam Lungleng (21), son of L. Makanmi;
Wungphayo Kasar (24), son of Yurthan Kasar;
Ninglum Awungshi Shimray (26), son of Hopeson Awungshi Shimray;
and Vareiyo Lungleng, son of Tuifer Lungleng, all from Sikibung village, Kamjong District, Manipur.
Manipur Govt paid tribute to two Assam Rifles personnel killed in Ukhrul ambush on July 6
Individuals were arrested around 8:30 am from Sikibung village by the 8th Battalion of the Bihar Regiment, ithas been claimed by informed sources.
Following the ambush, the Manipur police reported that the security forces have launched an intelligence-based operation in the areas of TM Kasom, Litan, and Sikibung to apprehend those responsible for an ambush on Assam Rifles in Ukhrul on July 6.
Villagers even alleged that the operation began at approximately 7:30 am. House-to-house frisking was carried out.
Things appear a bit serious as in Nagaland also, Assam Rifles personnel were attack in an IED blast near Dimapur in Nagaland on July 14.
Two Assam Rifles personnel died in Manipur and in Nagaland there were four injured and one casualty.
Director General of Assam Rifles (DGAR), Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, has termed the July 13 blast in Chümoukedima a “senseless” act, describing the perpetrators as “enemies of Nagaland.”
DGAR, paying his last respect to the slain Assam Rifles soldier, Hav Mohammad Iqbal from Jammu and Kashmir.
He succumbed to IED blast near the Khovanalla bridge, in Chümoukedima, near Dimapur.
The deceased soldier was identified as Havildar Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir.
Iqbal’s remains would be flown to Delhi before being transported by road to his native village in Poonch.
Top military officers attended the wreath ceremony at the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTC-S).
The ceremony was attended by senior military officers, including Lt Gen V M Bhuvana Krishnan, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command;
Lt Gen Girish Kalia, 3 Corps; Maj Gen Harinder Singh Mavi, IGAR (North); and Brig C S Pathania, Commandant, ARTC&S.
The recent incidents certainly give 'unhappy indications' and hence DGAR Lt Gen Lakhera's cautioning that the hard-earned peace in Nagaland should not be lost make a lot of sense.
Manipur ambush and planting of IED against Assam Rifles in Nagaland raise many questions.
Possibilities of proxies of a potent group behind the July 13 blast near Dimaour i Nagaland cannot be ruled out.
"When our interlocutors spoke about fragile peace, they said flag ....," says a source.
(Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command, visited HQ IGAR (North), Kohima on 12 July 2026. During the visit, he paid homage at the Kohima War Cemetery, and interacted with officers and troops, appreciating their professionalism and dedication.)
Naga groups are also cautious and little apprehensive and do not want that the peace process vis-a-vis ceasefire and talks since 1997
... should be derailed at any cost.
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