IMPHAL, May 20 – Security forces in Manipur are gearing up for a massive combing operation to flush out insurgents who have set up camps in the interior areas of Chandel district bordering Myanmar, official sources said today, reports PTI. Senior security officials have studied satellite maps and topography of hilly and inaccessible places surrounding militant-infested Sajik Tampak areas and Chakpikarong where headquarters of 44th brigade of the army had been set up recently in the district, the sources said.
Army units had also been opened recently at Sugnu, Serou, Sangaikhong and nearby areas to intercept movement of armed ultras before launching a massive combing operation in interior areas. The recent opening of army units was intended to control the areas which had more or less been under the grip of the insurgents in recent years, the sources said adding army posts had also been opened at routes bordering Churachandpur district to prevent movement of the extremists. Special commandos of para-military forces would also be engaged in the combing operation and enough forces had been deployed in the region to drive out the insurgents.