An alleged drug dealer was shot and wounded in an exchange of fire between police commandos and armed drug dealers in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Friday night, police sources said on Saturday.
The wounded tribal drug dealer was identified as Mangminshei, 28, of Laikhoi Ching in the district. Two other accomplices escaped under the cover of darkness.
The BJP-led coalition had declared a war against drugs in the State. For quite some time, the members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the party’s youth wing, have been raiding various places for rounding up drug pushers.
