Suspected militants attacked a designated camp of the members of the United Revolutionary Front (Chingkheinganba), which suspended operation in an agreement with the state government, at Napet Pali in Imphal East district, police said.
About ten suspected militants fired from sophisticated weapons and hurled bombs during the 30-minute operation at the camp on Wednesday night, a police officer said.
Although nobody was injured, property worth around Rs 1.5 lakh was damaged.
Police recovered from the spot the following morning an unexploded hand grenade along with forty empty cases, seven projectiles of AK-57, a plastic AK-57 magazine with eight rounds and three projectile of M 16, he said.
Meanwhile, the Maoist Communist Party, Manipur, in a statement today claimed that it had carried out the attack.
