Manipur, 11/5: Manipur reported violence again on Thursday when a commando of the state police was killed and three others were injured in an ambush conducted by suspected Kuki militants in the Bishnupur district.
The incident took place near Tonglaobi village when a vehicle carrying personnel of the 5th Manipur Rifles was entering the village for area domination. Three others were injured in the attack which took place at around 11 am, sources said. The involvement of the Kuki insurgent group is suspected.
The incident took place amid fresh violence that broke out in the Kangpokpi district when several houses were set on fire. Preliminary reports said the torched houses belonged to both the Kuki and Meitei communities. Angry Kuki residents reportedly blocked the NH-2 in at least seven to eight locations in Kangpokpi by burning tyres and tried to prevent trucks from transporting essential commodities from Dimapur in Nagaland to Manipur capital Imphal. The administration started transporting essential commodities during the time when the curfew was relaxed due to improvement in law and order situation in the past 72 hours
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