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Manipur police have beef up security across the state in view of the attack. The CM is currently in New Delhi to discuss developmental programmes of the state and also to attend a programme related to FIFA U 17 tournament. No rebel group has claimed responsibility for the ambush yet.The state government had already announced of paying Rs five lakh each ex-gratia to the next of kin of the two Territorial Army jawans who were killed by militants on May 8. The injured include sub inspector L Hmangte, and riflemen - Martin Star, S Gourahari and N Biswanath.Gourahari and Biswanath, who sustained grievous splinter injuries, were immediately airlifted by an army helicopter from the spot to a hospital in Imphal. IMPHAL: Rebels on Friday attacked an escort vehicle of BJP MLA and parliamentary secretary (home), L Sushindro at an interior corner of the newly set up Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar, with a powerful bomb explosion, injuring four police commandos, two of them critically.This is the second attack inflicting casualty on government forces by rebels since the installation of the new BJP-led coalition government in March this year..