Cop dies of gunshot injury during polling in Manipur

IMPHAL: A Manipur Police havildar, Naorem Ibochouba Singh, died on Monday in suspected accidental firing from his service weapon in Kakching district, election officials said.

Officials said that Singh was on election duty in the Tipaimukh Assembly constituency where polling was held on Monday.

Both the election authority and the police department have ordered a probe into the incident.

The body of Singh was brought to Imphal by helicopter and deposited at the morgue of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Science.

Manipur Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Agrawal has expressed his condolences over the demise of the police personnel. (IANS)

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