Five members of the Kuki- Zomi community were kidnapped from Kangpokpi and Imphal West sections and at least 9 people – including two police labor force – from the Meitei community were injured in exchange of gunfire.
The supplemental areas of Manipur’s Kangpokpi and Imphal West sections were unpredictable on Tuesday, with five members of the Kuki- Zomi community being kidnapped from the area and at least nine people – including two police labor force – from the Meitei community being injured in exchange of gunfire latterly on Tuesday.
The first incident of exchange of fire took place beforehand in the morning in the area near Maphou, on the fringe of Imphal East and Kangpokpi quarter.
According to a security functionary, five people from the Kuki- Zomi community – four of whom are cousins of an Army dogface – were travelling in a vehicle when they were kidnapped by unknown culprits around 845 am, close to Kangchup Chinkhong, which is at the border of the Kuki- Zomi dominated Kangpokpi and Meitei- dominated Imphal West quarter.
The functionary stated that while one of the five was saved, the position of the rest continued to be unknown as of Tuesday evening. The person who was saved has been linked as 65- time-old Manglun Haokip from Bolkot vill and has sustained serious injuries because of which he was admitted to the military sanitarium in Leimakhong.
The Indigenous ethnical Leaders ’ Forum held Meitei radical group Arambai Tenggol responsible for the hijacking and issued a statement appealing that a hunt operation be launched by central security forces to deliver them, stating that “ we sweat they may have been killed or being tortured ”.
The group also stated that the blasting that took place in the area latterly that day was initiated by Kuki- Zomi “ levies ” infuriated by the incident.
At least nine persons, including two police labor force and two women from the Meitei community, were injured in the exchange of gunfire in that area on Tuesday.
Six of the injured have been admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical lores( RIMS), and three to a private sanitarium in Imphal.
The blasting took place in townlets close to Kakngchup Chinkhong at around 11 am and in townlets near Singda Kadangband area, where at least seven people were injured.
