Three persons were killed and two injured in fresh violence in the violence-hit Indian state of Manipur.
The fresh violence occurred even as the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation registered six FIRs and formed a 10-member special investigation team under a DIG-rank officer to probe as many cases pertaining to ethnic clashes in the state.
These killings took place in Manipur’s Imphal West district when a group of insurgents, dressed as security personnel, called the victims out of their homes on the pretext of a search operation and fired at them, security officials in the state are reported to have said. The incident occurred in Khoken village on the border of Kangpoki and Imphal West districts, they said, adding that the insurgents were believed to be from the Meitei (Hindu) community. Later, a combined team of the Manipur Police, Assam Rifles and the Army conducted a search operation, but could not nab the attackers, they said.—Agencies
