The CID officials confirmed that, Ibobi Singh Manipur Chief Minister escaped unhurt on Monday when some men who are suspected to be militants opened gunfire.

The officials said "incident occured when the CM was getting out of his helicopter at the Ukhrul helipad. In this attack, a Manipur Rifles jawan was injured."

"The CM's helicopter immediately took off and left for Chingai but could not land at the remote village due to protests," the official said.

"The Chief Minister then cancelled his programmes and flew back to the state capital where he called an emergency cabinet meeting," the source said.

"The CM had several programmes lined up at Hunphung village and at Chingai village in Ukhrul district. Ibobi was to travel to Hunphung to inaugurate the 100 bedded Ukhrul district hospital besides a power sub-station," the sources said.

"Civil Society organisations had called a curfew and put up a road blockade along the three km route to Hunphung from the helipad," the sources said, adding that "two vehicles had also been set ablaze by the protesters."

"Earlier, a jawan of the Indian Resserve Battalion sustained splinter injuries in a bomb attack by suspected militants on the newly constructed hospital in the wee hours on Monday before its scheduled inauguration," police said.

"Two bombs were fired at the hospital either from a lethod gun or rocket launcher," the official said.

The CM had scheduled to inaugurate a power sub-station, a BDO office and a bank building at remote Chingai village.

"Tension prevailed in the area," the official said.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI