Shaktiman truck torched in Torbung village
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 20 2023:
Out of two Shaktiman trucks parked inside a garage at Torbung Sabal Mamang Leikai one was set ablaze by armed persons suspected to be Kuki militants.
However, the locals with the help of commando personnel managed to save the house where the trucks were parked from the inferno.
According to local sources, thick cloud of smoke was spotted on Friday around 2!30 pm in Torbung Torbung Sabal Mamang Leikai where few Meitei houses were left standing even as almost all other houses in the village and adjoining ones were torched or destroyed beyond repair in the communal riots.
In-spite of seeing the smoke billowing, people displaced in the violence and staying in relief centres could were hapless due to fear about possible presence of armed Kuki militants at the incident site.