India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from Myanmar, a senior security official said on Friday.

A collective of Kuki tribal groups in Manipur dismissed the government's alert about the influx of militants from Myanmar as "preposterous" and an attempt to perpetuate biassed ethno-centric narrative.

Despite ongoing efforts to quell the unrest, sporadic clashes persist, with the latest violence resulting in 11 deaths earlier this month

Manipur CM Biren Singh's office has forwarded to police a purported intelligence alert about an influx of 900-odd tribal militants from Myanmar as par