Cross border gun firing shattered peace in Jessami
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 05 2012:
A brief gun firing exchange between the villagers of Meluri village from Nagaland and the personnel of Manipur Police and Manipur Rifles deployed in Jessami for the security of its villagers, broke out this evening shattered the peace in the border area.
According to reports received from Jessami, personnel of Manipur Police and Manipur Rifles deployed in Jessami for the security of the villagers were patrolling in the paddy fields along border areas when they were suddenly bombarded by a volley of gunshots from across the border by villagers of Meluri.
The Manipur Police and Manipur Rifles personnel also retaliated the firing.
However, there is no casualty on either side.
Unconfirmed report stated that a villager of Meluri village under Phek district of Nagaland sustained gun shot in the firing exchange.
However, Manipur Police said that since the gun shots fired by Manipur Police and Manipur Rifle personnel were blanked firing, there was no possibility of any casualty on the side of Meluri villagers.
Reports further stated that a number of gun shots were also heard last night across the border in Meluri village.
But no one from across the border have entered Jessami as the state police personnel were on high alert.
After the recent incident in which armed villagers from Meluri crossed over and not only beat up but also abducted six Jessami villagers, state security personnel were posted at Jessami.
Top police officials will also be heading for Jessami village early tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, who is in Delhi at present, had assured MLA Preshaw Shimray that he would discuss the matter with his Nagaland counterpart while in Delhi.
However, no report of the two Chief Ministers of the two neighbouring states meeting today could be received.