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Business News/ Politics / India/  Manipur CM Ibobi Singh escapes unhurt as militants open fire
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Manipur CM Ibobi Singh escapes unhurt as militants open fire

Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh was attacked while getting out of his helicoper at Ukhrul district

Later, Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh cancelled his programmes and called an emergency cabinet meeting in Imphal. Photo: Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan TimesPremium
Later, Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh cancelled his programmes and called an emergency cabinet meeting in Imphal. Photo: Virendra Singh Gosain/ Hindustan Times

Imphal: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday escaped unhurt when suspected militants opened gunfire as he was getting out of his helicopter at the Ukhrul helipad, officials of the crime investigation department(CID) said.

A jawan of the Manipur Rifles was injured in the firing which took place when the chief minister stepped out of the helicopter and was being greeted by government officials, the officials said. The CM’s helicopter immediately took off and left for Chingai but could not land at the remote village due to protests, they added.

Following the incident, Ibobi cancelled his programmes and flew back to the state capital where he called an emergency cabinet meeting, said an official familiar with the matter.

The CM had several programmes lined up at Hunphung village and Chingai village in Ukhrul district. Ibobi was to travel to Hunphung to inaugurate the 100-bedded Ukhrul district hospital, said a CID official with knowledge of the schedule. At remote Chingai village, Ibobi was scheduled to inaugurate a power sub-station, a BDO office and a bank building, he added.

Civil society organisations had called a curfew and put up a road blockade along the 3km route to Hunphung from the helipad, said persons with knowledge of the incident, adding that two vehicles had also been set ablaze by the protesters.

Earlier, a jawan of the Indian Reserve Battalion sustained splinter injuries in a bomb attack by suspected militants on the newly constructed hospital in the wee hours on Monday before its scheduled inauguration, police said. Two bombs were fired at the hospital either from a lethod gun or rocket launcher, the probe official said. Tension prevailed in the area, he added.

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Published: 24 Oct 2016, 03:19 PM IST
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