Attacks on Kuki villages continue
Source: The Sangai Express

Kangpokpi, June 02 2023: Violence in the form of attack, killing and arson at Kuki settlement continues even after the Union Home Minister had earnestly appealed for peace in the State.

Many villages were attacked by Meitei radical groups in Kangpokpi and Churachandpur district on May 29 evening before the arrival of the Union Home Minister who was on a three day visit to the State.

Even when the Union Home Minister had a meeting at Kangpokpi, many more Kuki villages in the foothills of the district were attacked and later burnt down.

Kuki villages under Saikul Sub Division in Kangpokpi District such as L Chayang village (70 houses); S Phailengkot village (72 houses); Chingdai Khullen village (47 houses); C Zoulen village (35 houses); Thingjang village (30 houses); Lhanghoi village (15 houses), and Moljang village (3 houses) were completely reduced to ashes on May 31 .

One of the villagers of C Zoulen said that thousands of Meira Paibis blocked the Gorkha Regiment who were stationed at UNACCO School in Chanung and then the alleged Meitei radical groups, State police commando and IRB personnel attacked the villages in Chingdai area from all corners.

Narrating his ordeals, he continued that during the attack, one person having a hearing problem was shot dead and later burnt.

On June 1 morning two Kuki villages in Kangpokpi and Kamjong districts were attacked and two persons were killed while another two were injured.

The two villages were burnt.

One of the escaped villagers of N Mollen village under Yairipok Police Station in Island sub-division of Kangpokpi district said that a large number of people (around 400/500) came to his village at around 4.30 am and attacked the village.

During the attack two persons, namely, Thangkholun Haokip (30), son of Tongmang Haokip, and Jangminthang Haokip (25), son of Ngulkholun Haokip sustained bullet injuries, he added.

He also said that the attackers did not even hesitate to kill an aged person as they shot dead Deikim Simte (75) wife of (L) Lenchinthang Simte and another man Jangminthang Kipgen (45), husband of Nengkhokim Kipgen. The sad part, according to him, was the attackers threw the dead bodies of the two victims into the burning fire.

Then, they burnt down the village of 50 houses.

Similarly, T Natjang village which comprised 30 houses under Kasom Khullen police station in Kamjong district was also burnt down today allegedly by the Meitei radical groups.

The most disturbing act of the Meitei radical groups in their attack was, they burnt whoever they killed during their attack, said one of the internally displaced persons while adding that they are not human beings.

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