Sick security personnel evacuated
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 10 2023:
All the security personnel (police commandos, Manipur Rifles and IRB) posted at Moreh who have fallen sick have been evacuated on Wednesday and Thursday.
They were evacuated in helicopters and their replacements have also been sent.
State security personnel posted at the border town have been facing severe difficulties with their camp virtually put under siege by Kuki militants and their supporters.
Put under siege, the security personnel could not access even basic healthcare facilities including common medicines when any one of them fall sick.
Notably, one Follower of 5th IRB succumbed to Dengue on August 6 as he could not access any healthcare facility at the border town.
He is identified as Sanabam Bungcha (23), s/o Ingocha of Yairipok Yambem under Andro Constituency of Imphal East.
Following reports that many other personnel have also been infected by Dengue and other diseases, the authorities initiated due process to evacuate the sick personnel.
On the other hand, around 70 personnel of Manipur Rifles and IRB who have been stranded at Tengnoupal on the way to Moreh as the road is being blocked by Kuki people, particularly womenfolk are still camping there.
Reports say that the MR and IRB personnel may set up a permanent camp at Tengnoupal.