Tension erupted in Kangpokpi district of Manipur after an army major of 44 Assam Rifles (AR) allegedly shot dead a villager late Friday night.
Authorised sources said the killing took place at
Chalwa village which is about 55 km away from Kangpokpi district headquarter.
Following the occurrence, infuriate villagers took the Assam Rifles post
situated nearby Chalwa village and burn down two vehicles.
According to villagers of Chalwa, the major of
the 44 AR post along with three of his jawans came to the Chalwa in civies late
Friday night to carry out an action. In the process, the AR personnel
reportedly whisked away a villager, later recognized as Mangboilal Lhouvum,
from the village only to be found with bullet injuries on a roadside in the
vicinity of the village.
The victim was evacuated to a PHC nearby but
later referred to Kangpoikpi district head quarter citing lack of good health
care facility. But, the victim succumbed to his wounds on the way to the
hospital.
Following the pressure from various civil bodies as
well as the villagers, the major was briefly detained by the police. When the
PRO of the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (IGAR) South, which covers most of
the Assam Rifles battalions in the state, informed that the specific area falls
under the jurisdiction of IGAR (East) Silchar
Assam.
An official statement of the meeting stated that
the three parties agreed to constitute a probe into the killing incident by the
state police and also to remove the 44 Assam Rifles outpost from the district.
In adding, the Assam Rifles also agreed to provide an amount of Rs. 10 lakhs as
recompense to the victim’s family among others.
The agreement was jointly signed by commander 22
Sector AR Brigadier PS Arora; general secretary-Kuki Inpi Kangpokpi (KIK)
Thangminlen Kipgen; ADGP of Manipur Police; general secretary Kuki student’s
Organisation Thangtinlen Haokip among others.
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