Imphal, Sept. 20 -- Residents of Nambol in Manipur's Bishnupur district staged protests on Saturday morning against the killing of two Assam Rifles personnel in an ambush a day earlier.

Search operations are underway to track down the attackers and the vehicle they used, police said.Wearing traditional mourning attire, locals held placards and raised slogans condemning the assault, accusing the assailants of "creating fear and panic among the public." The sit-in demonstration took place about one kilometre from the ambush site. Later, women protesters led a rally denouncing the attack and criticising the use of gunfire in public areas.

Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five others injured when unidentified gunmen ambushed a veh...