Imphal, January 7, 2006: The UNLF has claimed to have slain 3/4 Indian security force personnel and inflicted heavy injuries when its armed wing – MPA – engaged security personnel in a gunfight at Parbung area of Tipaimukh sub-division in Churachandpur district in early morning today.
A spokesman of the UNLF informed of the MPA cadres also recovering two weapons belonging to the security force personnel.
There is no injury on the MPA side, added the spokesman. Army sources, however, cast doubt on the UNLF assertion stating that there is no information on any encounter in the district.
Source: The Sangai Express