Team News Riveting
Guwahati, June 9
In a fresh incident in the violence-hit Manipur, three people were killed in a village in s Imphal West district on Friday.
According to police officials, a group of insurgents dressed as security personnel called them out of their homes on the pretext of a combing operation and fired at them. The incident took place on Friday at Khoken village, which shares border with Kangpokpi and Imphal West districts.
The police suspected it was suspected to be the handiwork of insurgents. The insurgents are believed to be from the Meitei community, they added.
Security forces on a routine patrol of the village stepped in when they heard the sound of gunfire, the officials said, adding that the insurgents fled the area but not before shooting down three villagers.
The Committee on Tribals Unity (COTU), through a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that at around 3:30 AM on Friday, a violent attack occurred at the Kuki-dominated Khoken Village under under Kangpokpi District, which led to the death of three innocent villagers and injured two others.
“The Kuki community wholeheartedly supported the combing operation with the hope that peace would prevail in the area. Nevertheless, this hope has tarnished and turned into a big tragedy,” COTU said.
Meanwhile, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is scheduled to visit violence-hit Manipur on Saturday.
Sarma is expected to meet his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh and the other elected representatives of the state.
