IMPHAL(PTI): Two persons including a police commando, were killed and at least three villages were set ablaze in separate incidents in Manipur’s Imphal, Tamenglong and Churae handpur districts Oct.1.
Deputy inspector general of police (operations), W.K.Lengen, told reporters that two unknown youths entered hotel hill view at Shingjamel area here and shot at police commando, P.Basanta Singh who died on the spot.
The killers escaped and their identity was yet to be established, Lengen said adding that a villager identified as Daising Maring of Lamdan Kabui Naga village was killed by some unknown persons who had set ablaze the village Located under Churachandpur district. Meanwhile, an official report from Kohima said suspected underground guerillas stormed the new police lines in Zunheboto in neighboring Nagaland Thursday night and looted a huge cache of an sand ammunition including 30, 303 rifles, a sten gun, one revolveranda LMG, Four persons were killed in a clash between NSCN (Khaplang) and NSCN (IssacMuviah) activistsat Huntso village in Nagaland’s Wokha district, the report said. At least 35 houses of Nachao Kabui village were set ablaze in Senapati district. Two buildings of the state sericulture department were also gutted, official sources: Said.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 8, 1993
