Imphal, January 22 2009: The Assam Rifles authority has ordered a Court of Inquiry to probe the killing of six AR personnel by one of their colleagues at Awang Kasom in Chingai sub-division of Ukhrul district on January 21 evening.

Contrary to our earlier report, the jawan who opened fire and killed the six personnel including a JCO is Rifleman Sheneyi Medio of Nagaland and not TS Tangkhul.

After gunning down his colleagues, Medio fled along with his service AK-47 rifle along with a magazine and ammunition, last evening.

When contacted, PRO of Assam Rifles said that a massive manhunt has been launched in the jungles of the sub-division and beyond and added that a Court of Inquiry has been ordered to establish the circumstances leading to the incident.

All necessary arrangements have been made towards this, added the PRO.

The picture will become clear after the inquiry is conducted.

The inquiry will be headed by a senior officer of the Assam Rifles and it would be conducted at the headquarters of the 17 Assam Rifles, to which the rogue jawan as well as the six slain personnel were attached to.

The six slain personnel have been identified as Naib Subedar Baldev Singh, Havildar Samsujama and Riflemen W Islam, Biswas Singh, Vikas Kumar and Nitish Kumar.

All six died at the spot.

SP of Ukhrul police, Lhari Dorjee, Lhatoo said that the police have registered an FIR in connection with the incident and investigation is one.

The bodies have been brought to the Ukhrul district hospital where post mortem will be conducted, said the SP and added that a high alert has been sounded to track down the rogue jawan.

Sources said that the embalming of the bodies will be done at RIMS.