GUWAHATI, May 17: The chief minister of the Indian state of Manipur survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday by separatist rebels that left one militant dead and a security officer injured, police said.

Okram Ibobi Singh escaped injury when his convoy was attacked outside the village of Lamjao near the Manipur capital Imphal.

Singh, who also survived an assassination attempt in 2003, was travelling to attend a ruling Congress party meeting when the ambush took place.—AFP