Two bodies, including a woman with bullet wounds, were recovered from two separate places in violence-hit Manipur state in India.
The bodies were recovered by Manipur police from separate areas in Imphal East and West districts. The bodies are suspected to be of two of the four family members of a serving Indian trooper abducted on Tuesday morning in Imphal city.
Till late Thursday night, Indian forces were yet to trace the other two members of the family as well as the two Meitei teenagers who went missing on Sunday.
“Police have found two bodies, of a man and a woman. They were found at two different places. Both were shot dead. The description matches two of the four people who were abducted on Tuesday. With the help of the family, the identity of the two bodies will be ascertained,” a senior police officer, requesting anonymity, said.
The body of a woman, believed to be in her early 50s, with a bullet wound on her head was found near Tairenpokpi in Imphal West district, the officer said.
The body of a man, believed to be in his 40s, was found at TakhokMapalMakha in Imphal East district, the officer added.
At least 178 people have been killed and 50,000 displaced since May 3 when clashes erupted in Manipur.
Pertinently, the Christians and Muslims are being targeted by the BharatiyaJanata Party government with the help of the Indian army, paramilitary and state police. The Hindutva BJP/RSS government’s agenda and designs are to migrate Christians and Muslim communities from the state by such brutal tactics to change demography of the violence-hit state.—INP
