Suspected Kuki militants execute 13 Meetei youths
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 04 2023:
In one of the most gruesome incidents in the ongoing ethnic crisis in the state, suspected Kuki militants reportedly rounded up 13 Meetei youths and executed them in Leithrao village area under Machi police station in Tengnoupal district on Monday around 8.30 am .
Police source said that the 13 youths were rounded up by well-armed suspected Kuki militants and executed.
Upon receiving information, joint teams of Tengnoupal district police and Assam Rifles deployed in the nearby areas led by SP Tengnoupal and OC of Tengnoupal police station rushed in and conducted a search operation.
However, there is no report of any arrest made in the operation.
Upon reaching the scene, security forces discovered the bodies of 13 individuals, although their identities remain unconfirmed, though they seem to be non-local individuals.
"The forces did not find any weapons next to the bodies," IANS quoted an official as saying.
"The police have reached the spot.
They will probe the matter, " the officer added.
The mortal remains of the 13 youths will be transported to JNIMS mortuary by a team of Tengnoupal district police, the source said.
Mention may be made here that there was an ambush on a team of Assam Rifles by the proscribed PLA in Saibol village area, adjacent to the location of Monday's execution, on November 16 this year.
There was no injury or casualty in the incident.