Defence sources said that as the security forces approached the location, the militants opened unprovoked fire, prompting the troops to retaliate.

xGuwahati: In a major breakthrough, security forces on Tuesday gunned down at least four United Kuki National Army (UKNA) militants in an encounter in Manipur's Khanpi village.

Informing that following an intelligence inputs troops of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles launched an Operation Khanpi, the defence sources said that security forces had credible information about the presence of heavily armed cadres of the UKNA.

The UKNA, which is not a signatory to the Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact signed between the Centre, the Manipur government, and Kuki-Zomi insurgent groups, has been involved in a series of violent incidents in recent we

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