Manipur: Youth shot dead in Manipur, bus carrying CRPF troopers emptied and burnt

IMPHAL: A youth was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Manipur’s Imphal West district on Tuesday, while a bus carrying CRPF personnel was stopped and torched by mobs at Kangpokpi bazar in Kangpokpi district on Monday night but no one was injured in the incident, officials said. A police official said that the victim’s body was found in the Meijao Mamang Leikai area was found with a bullet wound on the back of the head. Police are probing the incident.

In the second incident, the official said that a bus was proceeding towards Kangpokpi police station when it was stopped by a 200-strong mob, including women, blockading the road at Kangpokpi Bazaar. No one, however, was injured in the incident, the official said, adding that a case has been registered against some unknown people.

The northeastern state has been witnessing ethnic violence since May 3 last year following clashes during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union (ATSU) to protest against the demand for the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe category.

In fresh violence, several houses belonging to both Meitei and Kuki communities were burned by unknown miscreants in Kotlen following the murder of a person earlier this month, the Manipur Police said.

Around 600 people from Manipur’s Jiribam area are now taking shelter in Assam’s Cachar district following fresh violence reported in Manipur’s Jiribam area.

The Cachar district police have heightened security along the bordering areas.

It is worth mentioning here that RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat expressed concern over Manipur and said on June 10 in Nagpur that “Manipur has been waiting for peace for the last year. There was peace in Manipur ten years ago. It felt like gun culture had finished there, but the state has suddenly seen violence. The situation in Manipur will have to be considered with priority.” 

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