Woman shot at in Chandel Dist; one beaten to death in Tamenglong Dist
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 31 2015 :
A woman identified as Ruisoting (55), a resident of Aimol Setu Village, Pallel was hit by a bullet on her hip at around 9:30 pm on Sunday night when she came out of her house after having dinner.
According to sources, Ruisoting is the wife of one Babudhon and the incident occurred near her residence.
Based on initial reports, Ruisoting was fired at allegedly by 20 Assam Rifles (AR) personnel when she came out of her home after dinner.
Reports coming in said that two armed underground cadres were rounded up by the AR personnel who were taking them somewhere.
Some villagers, who saw the AR action tried stopping the AR team when the incident happened, said sources.
However, the villagers have blamed the AR personnel for the incident.
They also informed the source that the white coloured AR vehicle (MN-O1-W-1510) used by the jawans met with an accident while trying to flee from the area.
Sources further added that AR has refuted the claim and the exact sequence of the entire incident was yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, the victim has been rushed to a hospital for further treatment.
Meanwhile in Tamenglong district, one Chanwangkibou (30), son of Kangtinbou of Chaton Village under Tamei Police Station was allegedly beaten to death by some people in an election related clash at Guinon Village.
No further details could be obtained till the filing of this report.