A mob took away round 21 firearms and 900 rounds of varied ammunition from the armoury of Ukhrul police station in Manipur in a raid coinciding with Wednesday’s gunfight 3km away involving two Naga villages, officers revealed Thursday because the demise toll within the violence rose to 4.
Whereas cops are nonetheless to report the variety of weapons the mob snatched, sources stated the loot included six INSAS rifles, three AK-47s, eight 9mm pistols, two 9mm carbines, an SLR and a Sten gun.
With yet another demise, Manipur violence toll mounts to 4
The looting frenzy harked again to the height of the ethnic battle within the state final 12 months, when mobs barged into a number of state armouries and took away lots of of firearms.
Military chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi stated in New Delhi earlier this week that these episodes contributed to Manipur’s society getting “weaponised” and feeding the flames of the battle. Round 25% of the 4,000-odd weapons misplaced to looters have since been recovered, he stated.
The gunfight round which the newest occasion of looting occurred was apparently over the selection of a disputed website for a Swachh Bharat Mission-linked programme. A member of Manipur Rifles was among the many three casualties within the firing.
Y R Pamreiyo, a type of critically wounded, died at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal early Thursday. The primary three victims have been civilians Reileiwung Hongray and Silas Zingkhai, and Worrinmi Thumra of Manipur Rifles.
The battle concerned villagers of Hunphun and Hungpung, each inhabited by the Naga neighborhood.
Chief minister N Biren Singh stated the administration was disbursing monetary help to the households that misplaced a member every within the combating. He sought help from organisations representing the neighborhood in fostering peace and stopping additional violence.
Web and cell knowledge companies remained suspended in Ukhrul city on Thursday, whereas indefinite curfew was in drive within the “impartial zone” between Thingrasa and Ngapaha.
