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Three Assam Rifles jawans injured in blast in Manipur

Imphal, June 3

Three Assam Rifles jawans were on Saturday injured in a blast near the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, police said.The bomb, suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), exploded at the junction of H Mongjang village and Imphal-Moreh road, about 100 km from Imphal, at about 2.15 pm when an Assam Rifle patrol party was moving on foot.Three jawans — Subedar Sher Ram, and Riflemen Sachin and Basumatari — were injured, police said.All three were airlifted by an Air Force helicopter to the military hospital at Leimakhong. — PTI