Manipur news: Two days after two suspects in the death of a police officer were taken into custody in Moreh, there has been violence.
Moreh: In the border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district, security personnel and suspected Kuki insurgents engaged in gunfire on Wednesday morning, sparking new unrest in Manipur.A police commando was killed in the gunfight.
The alleged Kuki militants reportedly fired shots and tossed bombs at a security position close to SBI Moreh. The security personnel opened fire in retaliation.
W Somorjit has been identified as the deceased official. There’s another injured commando.
Close to Ward 7, the insurgents opened fire on the cops.There was shooting for over an hour.
The violence occurs two days later following the arrest in Moreh of two persons suspected of killing a police officer.
Because of concerns about “breach of peace, disturbance of public tranquillity, and grave danger to human lives and property within the revenue jurisdiction of Tengnoupal,” the Manipur government has implemented a complete curfew in the district.
Critical services and law police are exempt from the curfew.
Tuesday night, local volunteers opened fire on suspected Kuki terrorists in the Koutruk village of the Imphal West district. The firing was stopped by government soldiers in the center.
Source claims that Phillip Khongsai and Hemokholal Mate were taken into custody by the local police on Monday for the purported murder of SDPO Ch Anand in October of last year. After the two shot at the security guards’ cars, the police pursued and overpowered the two them.
For nine days, they were held in police custody.
They were tracked down possessing one handgun with two live adjusts, one Chinese hand explosive, 10 live adjusts of AK ammunition, and ten detonators, as per the police.
Numerous women had demonstrated in front of the Moreh police station, calling for their “unconditional release”.
In violent clashes between the dominant Meitei and Kuki groups, more than 200 individuals have killed since May of last year.
