{"id":201859,"date":"2026-05-29T20:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=201859"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:53:38","slug":"truck-driver-killed-police-constable-injured-as-gunmen-attack-convoy-in-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/05\/29\/truck-driver-killed-police-constable-injured-as-gunmen-attack-convoy-in-manipur.html","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver killed, police constable injured as gunmen attack convoy in Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-201860\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/truck-driver-killed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/truck-driver-killed.jpg 556w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/truck-driver-killed-387x220.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Imphal: Unidentified gunmen killed a truck driver and injured a police constable in violence-hit and BJP-ruled Indian state of Manipur.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident occurred when a convoy of trucks carrying essential supplies, including rice and fuel, came under attack on the Imphal\u2013Ukhrul road on Friday despite security cover provided by Indian forces.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, identified as Nitish Kumar, 57, from West Bengal, was killed in the firing, while a 35-year-old police constable, Disingam Maringmei, sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The convoy was travelling towards Ukhrul district headquarters when it was ambushed along the highway between Leingangching and TS Kasom in the jurisdiction of Litan police station.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Indian Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel used tear gas against protesters, who were demonstrating against the Indian army in the same area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Unidentified gunmen killed a truck driver and injured a police constable in violence-hit and BJP-ruled Indian state of Manipur. According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident occurred when a convoy of trucks carrying essential supplies, including rice and fuel, came under attack on the Imphal\u2013Ukhrul road on Friday despite security cover provided by Indian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/truck-driver-killed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201861,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201859\/revisions\/201861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}