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IMPHAL, 20 Nov:<\/strong> A security force jawan and his driver were shot dead by suspected members of Imphal valley-based terror groups in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Monday, officials said here.<\/p>\n The duo was travelling in a vehicle when suspected terror group members belonging to the state’s majority community carried out an ambush between Haraothel and Kobsha villages, the officials said.<\/p>\n One of the deceased was working with the India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), the officials said.<\/p>\n The incident took place in an area adjacent to the Singda dam, which has become a hotspot for insurgent groups to target tribal community members during the ongoing ethnic violence in the state.<\/p>\n A tribal organisation claimed that the Kuki-Zo community people were attacked without provocation and declared a “shutdown” in Kangpokpi district.<\/p>\n The area witnessed several incidents of gunfight between armed villagers since the ethnic strife between Meitei and Kuki communities began in the state in early May.<\/p>\n Additional forces have been deployed in the area and a search is underway to arrest those involved in the incident, a police official said.<\/p>\n Condemning the “unprovoked attack” on the Kuki-Zo community people, the Kangpokpi-based Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) declared an “emergency shutdown” in Kangpokpi district.<\/p>\n The COTU also demanded that the government make arrangements for a separate administration for tribals. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IMPHAL, 20 Nov: A security force jawan and his driver were shot dead by suspected members of Imphal valley-based terror groups in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Monday, officials said here. The duo was travelling in a vehicle when suspected terror group members belonging to the state’s majority community carried out an ambush between Haraothel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-228951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}