Imphal, March 30 -- The Inspector General of Assam Rifles (South)in a statement stated that the Indian Army operated in Manipur as per the mandate of the Government of India.

The forces intensified counterinsurgency operations (CIOs) without bias in this sensitive border state, said the IGAR (S) on Sunday.

The IGAR (S) in his statement denied the allegations of some underground groups.

They blamed the Indian security forces for assisting the Kuki National Army (Burma), he said.

The allegations followed after two cadres of Manipur valley-based undergrounds lost their lives in an exchange of gunfire with the KNA (B)along the Manipur-Myanmar border on March 25.

Amid allegations, the Indian Army, in coordination with Assam rifles, Manipu...