Imphal: Armed miscreants shot the managing director of Diabetes Hospital and Research Centre, Soibam Leikai Ayangpalli Road, Imphal East, in front of the hospital on Saturday evening.

The managing director, Dr. Moirangthem Dhanabir, 43, sustained a bullet injury on his left arm.

The unknown miscreants fired multiple rounds at an ambulance parked in front of the hospital.

The same ambulance rushed Dr. Dhanabir to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal East.

Eyewitnesses said two unknown assailants wearing face masks approached Dr. Dhanabir, confronted him, and one of them pulled out a gun and shot him. The miscreants also fired at the hospital’s ambulance before fleeing the scene.

Police have registered a case.

Dr. Dhanabir had received multiple threats from an underground outfit over various issues, including monetary demands. An underground outfit might have involved in the incident, police said.

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