Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 19:
Unidentified gunmen shot a youth on the leg at D Phailen Village one and half Kms south of Churachandpur PS this morning at around 10, said sources.
The victim has been identified as one Khambok Leishang (25) s/o Tiliyan of Elim Veng.
The victim received three bullet wounds on the leg.
He is presently undergoing medical treatment at Churachandpur Dist Hospital.
Meanwhile, the identity of the youth who was killed in a fierce gun battle between UNLF and 35 Assam Rifles troops at Mandiu and Kandihang in Tamenglong Dist on Feb 15 was established today.
The victim has been identified as one Laishram Sanatomba alias Matam (22) s/o Machbungo of Chairen Awang Leikai, a hardcore cadre of the UNLF.
According to family members, Sanatomba left home about five years back on the pretext of becoming a handy man in one of the trucks plying between Imphal and Guwahati but joined the proscribed outfit UNLF.
Post mortem will be conducted tomorrow at RIMS morgue.
According to another report, the body of Kamal kumar Chettry who was killed in a crossfire between UGs and 14th Assam Rifles troops at Chandraman Nepali village under Kangpokpi PS on Feb 17 was taken back by family members after post mortem at RIMS today.
The decision to take back was taken after the family members and the Chief Minister reached an agreement regarding payment of ex gratia to the bereaved family members.