Arms looted from Ukl PS
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 03 2024: A mob stormed a police station in Manipur's Ukhrul town and looted arms during a clash between two groups, officials said on Thursday.

Three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a gunfight that broke out between two groups on Wednesday over cleaning a disputed land in the town as part of 'Swachhata Abhiyan' .

The police station was attacked when the violence was going on.

Prohibitory orders were imposed and mobile internet services were suspended in the town after the clash between two groups of the Naga community.

"After violence broke out in Ukhrul town, a mob comprising mostly of youths stormed the police station located at Wino Bazar and decamped with Government weapons," an official said.

The number and types of weapons looted cannot be immediately confirmed as an investigation is continuing, he added.

Unofficial sources, however, claimed that the looted weapons included AK-47 and INSAS rifles.

Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) L Kailun sent out a message on Wednesday to the Senior Superintendents of police of all districts and security officials concerned, alerting about the present law and order situation in the State.

The DGP on Wednesday asked officers, police stations, and outposts to stay vigilant while instructing to ensure "proper security for arms and ammunition" .

Earlier on October 2, Ukhrul district authorities clamped prohibitory orders in Ukhrul town after villagers of Hundung and Ukhrul clashed over a land dispute.

Looting of arms was reported from various police stations in the ethnic-strife-torn North Eastern State earlier, but in all those cases, the areas concerned were dominated by either Meiteis or Kukis, the two warring communities.

This is the first time a police station was stormed in a Naga-majority area, according to a source.

(With inputs from PTI) .

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