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*Guwahati : At least three security personnel including a Junior Commanding Officer (JCO) of Assam Rifles were injured in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion at a bordering area with Myanmar in Manipur on Saturday, officials said.*
*The explosion triggered by suspected militants took place at the junction of H Mongjang village near Khudengthabi along the National Highway 102 in Imphal-Moreh road.*
*According to the reports, the IED was exploded at the area, while a troop of Assam Rifles patrolling on foot.*
*A top official of Manipur police said that, a JCO and two jawans were injured in the blast.*
*All three were airlifted by an Air Force helicopter to the military hospital at Leimakhong.*
*The injured security personnel were identified as Junior Commanding Officer Sher Ram, Riflemen Sachin and Basumatari.*
*On May 19, at least four Manipur police commandos and Manipur Rifles jawan were injured in an powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by suspected militants in Manipur's Chandel district.*
*The explosion took place between Kwatha and Khudentabi area on Imphal-Moreh road, some 10 kms from the Indo-Myanmar bordering town Moreh, when two vehicles of Manipur police commandos and Manipur Rifles jawan escorted Parliamentary Secretary (Home) of Manipur state government L Susindro Meitei returning from Kwatha.*
*On May 8, an army jawan was killed and three others including a Junior Commanding Officer ( JCO) were injured in a powerful IED blast at Moreh in Manipur along the Indo-Myanmar border.*
*(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)*
