All Meitei houses in Bangla reduced to ashes
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 17 2023:
With the last few remain-ing houses left untouched since the communal riot broke out on May 3 set ablaze on Tuesday morning, all Meitei houses in Bangla village in the periphery of Bishnupur and Churachanpur districts have been reduced to ashes.
According to local sources, there were about 95 Meitei houses in Bangla out of which more than half were burnt in the communal conflicts on May 3 and 4.Some couple dozens of the remaining houses whose residents have fled to safer places were again torched by armed persons suspected to be Kuki militants between May 5 to 15, leaving only 3/4 houses.
As per the source, some un-known persons tried to set on fire the remaining 3/4 houses on May 15, but saved by some Assam Rifles personnel deployed there.
However, the houses were com-pletely reduced to ashes on May 16 around 10 am, the source added.