Kuki militants greet CBI team with gunfire
Source: The Sangai Express
Moirang, September 10 2023:
Kuki militants greeted a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with gunfire at Naranseina in Bishnupur district today.
A team of CBI was visiting 2nd IRB headquarters at Naranseina in connection with the looting of some weapons by unidentified persons from the same security headquarters on August 3 when Kuki militants opened several rounds of gunfire from their bunkers built at Khoirentak village, Nelpa hills at around 1.10 pm today.
The CBI team led by a DIG reached the 2nd IRB headquarters at around 11 am and they were collecting documents.
As the CBI team was talking with 2nd IRB CO Hopson Sapam, Kuki militants opened fire.
After Kuki militants had fired several rounds of shots, the village volunteers fired back just two rounds.
The firing halted the CBI's enquiry for some time but it was resumed after the firing ceased.
The CBI team left the 2nd IRB headquarters at around 5 pm.
Notably, a large number of people who came from different parts of Manipur converged at Phougakchao Ikhai Makha Bazar on August 3 and registered a strong protest against ITLF's outrageous plan to bury their dead men at Torbung sericulture farm.
As the huge crowd was engaged in a tense face-off with central security forces, some unidentified men looted a few weapons from the 2nd IRB headquarters.