Surrounded By Mob Of 1,200 In Manipur Village, Army Releases 12 Militants
NDTV
The 1,500-strong mob led by women surrounded the Army column and prevented forces from going ahead with the operation
After a stand-off between a mob led by women and security forces that had cordoned off Itham village in Imphal East where a dozen members of militant group KYKL were hiding, the Army took "a mature decision" to not risk civilian lives and left with seized weapons and ammunition, officials said on Sunday. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁Acting on specific intelligence, operation was launched in Village Itham (06 km East of Andro) in Imphal East by Security Forces today morning. Specific search after laying cordon was… pic.twitter.com/7ZH9Jp8nOI
The Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), a Meitei militant group, was involved in a number of attacks, including the ambush of a 6 Dogra unit in 2015, they said.
The stand-off in Itham went on throughout Saturday, and ended after a "mature decision by the operational commander keeping in view the sensitivity of use of kinetic force against large irate mob led by women and likely casualties due to such action", they added.
