Imphal: A 4th Mahar Regiment jawan was injured in an attack by armed Kuki militants targeting farmers at the Sanasabi paddy field, a Meitei inhabited area.
This was the third day of gunfights in Manipur.
The violence in Manipur escalated recently after a 31-year-old woman was killed in an attack allegedly by Kuki armed miscreants in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Friday.
On the next day another 34-year-old woman succumbed to bullet injuries. She was injured while working in the paddy fields at Lailampat, Bishnupur district, under the jurisdiction of Kumbi police station.
On the third day, around 10 am, Kuki militants launched an attack on farmers harvesting paddy at Sanasabi Loukol (Sanasabi paddy field) and Thamnapokpi (an adjacent village) under the jurisdiction of Yaingangpokpi police station, as police confirmed.
“A bomb landed near me while I was piling the hay in the paddy field. They attacked from Uyok Ching Maning (Uyok hillock) followed by heavy gunfire. We abandoned our work and fled to save our lives,” a villager said.
State police, 4th Mahar Regiment and the 119th Battalion of the BSF retaliated heavily, leading to an exchange of gunfire that lasted for about 40 minutes.
Militants from three different locations of Kuki villages launched an attack using sophisticated weapons, including bombs, at Mongbung village (a Meitei village) around 9:30 pm on Saturday.
The fire exchange lasted till Sunday 2 am and turned into sporadic firing until 4 am. No casualties were reported in this incident.
In Bishnupur district, in the vicinity of Saiton village, gunfire was exchanged between combined state and central forces and armed Kuki militants on Saturday night. The combined security forces conducted area domination, but sporadic firing continued until early Sunday morning.
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