Imphal, May 03 2009: Two suspected underground cadres have been gunned down by a combined team of Imphal West district police commando and 39 AR in a reported encounter late Sunday night around 10.30 at a place in Kameng under Lamshang police station.

The security forces went to the area after getting report about the presence of underground cadres.

In a shot-out that last for around 10 minutes, two underground cadres were killed.

One Carbine and five live rounds of ammunition were recovered from the slain suspected PREPAK cadres.