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Manipur tops insurgent related incidents
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Shillong, May 13: Manipur tops the list of insurgent related incidents and casualties in the past one year.

The Union Home Ministry status paper on internal security situation spelt out 414 militancy related incidents in the Northeastern region, where 131 civilians lost their lives in the process, 171 extremist killed .

In the past one year, there were 153 militancy related incidents in Manipur alone.

57 civilians lost their lives in Manipur and 64 extremists were gunned down, revealed the status paper.

Altogether there were 153 incidents reported in which the security forces lost 39 men.

In Nagaland, the number of insurgency incidents was reported as 67, in which 15 civilians and 10 extremist getting killed in the process.

The paper reveals that during the same period, there is 152 incidents in Assam, out of which 55 civilians lost their lives and 35 extremists were killed.

The security forces lost 7 men in the process in Assam.

Tripura known for its volatile situation witnessed a mere 31 reported incidents, where 2 civilians and 3 extremists were killed.

As per the status paper, there is not a single casualty on the security force in the past one year in Tripura.

Meghalaya was negligible with only three-reported incidents and only one civilian being killed.





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