Imphal, April 28 -- In a series of operations, the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, and civil police launched intelligence-based operations and averted potential tragedies by detecting approximately 28 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) along the Manipur-Myanmar border.

Intelligence inputs indicate the presence of several anti-social activists on the border with Myanmar, the joint team conducted a series of operations at the vulnerable locations of T Minou, Yangoubung and T Bongmol villages in Manipur's Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar to the south, officials said.

During the operation at T Minou under the jurisdiction of the Moreh Sub-Dvision under the Moreh police station, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused six IED devices without ...