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Rifle, grenades seized in Manipur

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IMPHAL, Sept 24: A self-loading rifle and several grenades and RPG shells have been seized in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, a police statement issued on Tuesday said.

During search and area domination exercises in the Machin Mano hills of the district, the police seized the firearm and explosives on Monday.

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An SLR with a magazine, two rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) shells, two RPG shell chargers, three HE-36 hand grenades and a Chinese hand grenade have been seized, it said.

More than 200 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kukis in Manipur since May last year. (PTI)

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