Meitei Alliance Condemns Killing Of CRPF Soldier By "Suspected Kuki Insurgents" In Manipur's Jiribam
NDTV
The Manipur Police in a statement on Sunday had said 43-year-old CRPF soldier Ajoy Kumar was killed in firing by "suspected Kuki insurgents" during a joint patrol with the police
A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has appealed to the central government to take decisive action against who it alleged were "Chin-Kuki insurgents", a day after a paramilitary soldier was killed in action in Jiribam district. The Manipur Police and Chief Minister N Biren Singh in separate statements on X had said the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier was killed in firing by "suspected Kuki insurgents" on Sunday.
The Meitei Alliance in a statement today condemning the killing of the CRPF soldier said "there had been multiple such attacks on the security forces by Chin-Kuki cross-border terrorists" amid the ethnic tension in Manipur.
The Manipur Police said in the statement had said 43-year-old CRPF soldier Ajoy Kumar Jha was part of a joint patrol in Jiribam when they came under fire. He was a resident of Madhubani in Bihar, and was scheduled to go home on leave this week. Two policemen and a paramilitary soldier were injured in Sunday's attack.
