Abandoned Meitei houses set ablaze at Torbung
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 21 2023:
Few Meitei houses left standing amid the near-total ruins at Torbung Saba! Maning Leikai in Bishnupur district were set ablaze by unknown miscreants suspected to be Kuki mil-itants on Sunday evening.
As per sources, the houses were on fire till late evening with none nearby to control the in-ferno as all the locals are presently staying in relief camps.
It is also said that suspected Kuki militants continued to vandal-ise, loot and burn down houses and other prop-erties in Torbung and adjoining villages despite deployment of central forces in the area.
It may also be men-tioned that Torbung village located in the periphery of Bishnupur and Churachandpur dis-tricts is among the worst affected village in the communal conflict that broke out on May 3 .