GUWAHATI: A sub-divisional police officer was shot dead by suspected militants at Manipur's Moreh town, which is along the Indo-Myanmar border.
Police suspect that officer Chingtham Anand was shot dead by a sniper.
The incident took place at around 9.30am when Anand was on duty and was inspecting a newly constructed helipad in the town.
He was shot in the abdomen.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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