One more farmhouse set ablaze in Jiri
Source: Chronicle News Service
Jiribam, July 11 2024:
Continuing their arson activities of targeting outlying Meetei settlements in Jiribam district, Kuki militants set ablaze another farmhouse at Yairolpokpi village on Wednesday around 5 pm .
The farmhouse belonging to Kh Gopeshor, son of Kh Jugeshor of Uchathol, is located adjacent to Phaitol Part 2 Kuki village of Tamenglong district and around 1 km from the police training centre located at Uchathol.
Since peace in Jiribam was shattered on June 6 this year after a Meetei farmer was killed by Kuki militants and his mutilated body found later that evening, around 150 houses, mostly belonging to Meetei residents, have been burned and nearly 2000 people, mostly Meetei displaced.