Hunter shot dead
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, March 19 2012:
A hunter was shot dead by another hunter in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Saturday, according to a delayed report received today.
The report said that Lalminsang (32) s/o Henlianpau of Phailenbung village was shot dead by his nephew identified as one Ginsuawmlal s/o Khanthinkai in a far flung jungle in Churachandpur district on Saturday evening.
The report had it that Lalminsang and one of his friends went for hunting the jungle surrounding their village but shot dead by his nephew mistaken it for an animal.
His nephew Ginsuawmlal was on a hunting trip alone in the same forest on that day.
Interrestingly, Saturday's incident was not the only case where Ginsauwmlal had shot a person mistaken it for an animal.
The source said that he had shot a person last year during a hunting trip but the victim somehow survived after a long hospitalisation.