The recovered items are one CMG with empty Magazine, one 9mm Pistol with empty magazine, 55 live rounds of 7.62 ammunition, four 36 HE grenades, one 51 mm Mortar illumination shell, one 2-inch Mortar Shell, five 32 live ammunitions and two Baofeng Radio Set.
A gunfight erupted between village volunteers and Kuki militants on Thursday around 5 am in New Keithelmanbi area on NH 37 after Kuki militants launched an attack with guns and bombs.
The gunfight took place between an armed group suspected to be Meitei villagers and another group holed up in a bunker at Khoken village in Kangpokpi district around 4 am on Friday.