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The bomb went off in the early hours killing two BSF personnel who were patrolling the area and injuring five others who have been hospitalised, they said.
Immediately after the blast, the remaining security personnel engaged the militants in a fire-fight but the casualties on the side of the militants were not immediately known, the sources said.
The militants escaped via the nearby jungles and hilly areas before the arrival of reinforcements, the sources added.
The area is considered to be a stronghold of the Manipur People's Liberation Front, a militant outfit.
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