Meetei farmhouse, house torched in Bishnupur, Jiribam
Source: Chronicle News Service

Bishnupur/Jiribam, July 25 2024: Suspected Kuki miscreants set on fire a farm house at Kangmong Maning under Konthoujam AC, which is located nearby Mongbung village, a Kuki settlement.

The owner of the farm house, which has been reduced to cinders, is one Samom Shyamsundar of Kangmong Maisnam Leikai.

Shyamsundar said that the farm house was found totally burnt when he visited the same on Thursday around 8 am.

He opined that the act of arson might have committed on Wednesday night.

Konthoujam MLA and health minister Dr Sapam along with Bishnupur SP Ravikumar, additional SP (Law & order) Satyam Takhellambam, SDPO Khogen, Nambol PS OC Jiten and 33 AR Keithelmanbi CO visited the site to assess the damage caused.

Meanwhile, after a brief lull in violence, a house belonging to a one Heikrujam Maniton of Jakuradhor Part 2 under Jiribam district"s Borobekra sub-division was burned down around 7 pm on Wednesday.

The house was abandoned by its owner after violence broke out in the district.

The miscreants ransacked the kutcha house before setting it on fire on Wednesday night, according to police Maniton is presently taking refuge in a relief camp set up within the premises of Borobekra police station.

It may be mentioned that the incident site is located just 400 metres away from the said police station.

Speaking to media persons regarding the suspected act of arson, internally displaced persons staying in the relief camp opined that burning of the house located close to the Borobekra police station despite deployment of state and central forces, including Assam Rifles could be an indication that more Meetei properties in the sub-division will also be targeted soon.

While conceding that presence of additional security forces in the area had heightened hope of return of normalcy, they lamented that Wednesday"s incident has dashed all their hopes.

The displaced persons appealed to the central and state governments to look into the matter and direct security forces to conduct search operations to flush out Kuki/Hmar militants from the area, while pointing out that security forces deployed in the area should be instructed to protect lives and properties of the public 24/7, instead of demonstrating their presence from morning to evening and then resting at night.

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