SFs halt armed village volunteers
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 21 2023:
Around 90 persons armed with 12 Bore rifles claiming to be village volunteers coming from Churachandpur town towards Kangvai were made to return back to Churachandpur from Torbung Bangla area by security forces.
As per sources, around 90 youths from Churachandpur came towards Kangvai in seven ambulances and two four-wheeler vehicles at about 11.40am Tuesday.
However, they were stopped at Torbung Bangla check post by 16 Kumaon Regiment and 10 Bn BSF.
When checked, security forces found around 80 of them armed with 12 Bore Rifles and interaction with them found out that all of them are village volunteers and came to replace village volunteers already stationed at Kangvai.
However, security forces prevented them from proceeding beyond or crossing into Torbung Bangla.
After few minutes of interaction with security forces, the armed men left the place and returned back to Churachandpur side at about 12 noon as security forces disallowed them to move towards Kangvai.