Violence in Manipur: Two men, father and son, and another person at the adjoining house, were killed in the firing.
Guwahati: Local witnesses report that three unarmed villagers, including a father-and-son team, were slain in new fighting early this morning in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. Around two in the morning, suspected militants entered the village of Ukha Tampak near Kwakta in Bishnupur and began shooting randomly, according to police sources.
The perpetrators killed two men—a father and son—as well as another individual who lived in the neighboring house. They were peasant home guards who were not armed.
Police reported on Saturday morning that the three were shot dead while they were sleeping and then cut with swords. They also said that the perpetrators were from Churachandpur.
Because the attackers were able to penetrate the valley that was guarded by central security troops, the incident has raised serious concerns, according to police sources.
Rajkumar Imo Singh, a member of the Manipur BJP, has criticized the federal security forces, alleging that there were significant security gaps during the militant strike in the Bishnupur area that claimed three lives earlier in the day. He has also called for action against paramilitary force members for their “negligence in duty.”
The three victims were brutally murdered by militants from neighboring districts who entered the village, according to Rajkumar Imo Singh, the chief minister’s son-in-law and a member of the paramilitary force.
“It is necessary to halt the so-called paramilitary forces in the village. “A few units” of the security forces are causing issues, he added, adding that “we have been writing letters and memoranda periodically to the Union Home Minister (Amit Shah) that certain security personnel are doing so.
.The BJP MLA stated that peace and normality will not be restored in the state if the appropriate action is not taken right now.
The Chief Security Advisor must investigate these issues and take some quick preventive measures. Behind the militants are those who want to cause problems. who is providing them (the militants) with weapons and ammo. These queries must be addressed by the central government. For more over three months, there has been bloodshed. Violence must be stopped, and the central authority must take severe action, otherwise things would get out of hand. Manipur requires calm and normalcy, he continued.The security forces’ “few units” are causing issues.
According to the Manipur Police, after new violence broke out in many districts on Friday, joint troops launched search operations in the state’s border and sensitive areas and dismantled seven illegal bunkers.
Late on Thursday, near Terakhongsangbi in Bishnupur, unidentified gunmen and state authorities engaged in gunfire, inflicting injuries on a 35-year-old lady.
The woman, known as Aribam Wahida Bibi, was shot in the hand and has been receiving treatment at a hospital in Imphal, according to him.
Officials reported that a mob had earlier robbed the armory at the 2nd India Reserve Battalion (IRB) headquarters in Naranseina, Bishnupur district.
In Imphal West, a police officer was slain, and on Thursday, mobs raided at least two security installations in the district of Bishnupur, stealing weapons and ammunition, including automatic rifles.
A Manipur police officer was slain in Senjam Chirang in Imphal West after being shot in the head by a sniper. Suspected terrorists from the adjacent hill ranges opened fire in Koutruk and Senjam Chirang, injuring a local volunteer as well.
In Bishnupur’s Kangvai and Phougakchao villages later in the day, clashes broke out as Army and RAF personnel used tear gas shells to dissuade processions from going to a proposed burial site and breaking the law against gatherings.
The burial of 35 individuals who were slain in ethnic riots in the state was organized by the Kuki-Zomi organization, Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, and it caused unrest in numerous districts. The gravesite was in the Haolai Khopi village of Churachandpur.
According to the Manipur Police, after new violence broke out in many districts on Friday, joint troops launched search operations in the state’s border and sensitive areas and dismantled seven illegal bunkers.
Due to the Meitei’s demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) designation, there have been ethnic tensions between the Kuki and Meitei groups in the northeastern state. In addition to displacing thousands of people, the violence has taken hundreds of lives.
