More violence in Imphal; man dead as bunker caves in

Three armed attacks have been reported in Imphal Valley

A 45-year-old villager died in Manipur in an accident following an attack by an armed group, one of the three such incidents reported over 24 hours from the State’s Imphal Valley since January 27 evening.

Locals said Warrekpam Kiran died when an under-construction bunker collapsed on him after he and other “village defence volunteers” of Bishnupur district’s Santipur village thwarted an attack by gunmen who had descended from Phuroi, a nearby hill.

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Apart from bullets, a bomb hurled by the attackers had hit the bunker before it collapsed. Kiran’s body was handed over to his family after an autopsy at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in the State’s capital Imphal.

On January 27 evening, armed miscreants attacked the Khurkhul village in the Imphal West district. The police registered a case after the village volunteers managed to drive the attackers away.

The third such incident was reported from Sanjenlok village in the Imphal East district around 10 a.m. on January 28. The police said Kuki extremists came down from a nearby hillock and fired about 20 rounds at the village.

No casualty was reported from either Khurkhul or Sanjenlok.