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Guwahati, May 5 : Suspected militants had abducted three Kuki tribals and killed two of them in Manipur.
Police on Friday morning had recovered the bodies near Khokhen area in Kangpokpi district about 60 km away from Manipur's capital Imphal.
The deceased Kuki tribals were identified as N Haokip and Nenkholin.
According to the reports, suspected militants had abducted a person belonging to Kuki tribes from Imphal East district and two from Kangpokpi district last night.
Meanwhile, Manipur police and paramilitary personnel had rushed to the area and launched massive operation against the killers.
A top official of Manipur police said that, the suspected militants had abducted the three Kuki tribal persons from their homes.
The police official said that another abducted person Jamkholien is still untraceable and operation going on to trace him unhurt.
It is the first such type of killing incident in Manipur, after the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) had formed the first government in the north eastern state a month ago.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
