Manipur Wakes Up To Another Round of Intense Firing in Several Locations of West Imphal
First Published: 2nd September, 2024 14:08 IST
The attacks were also reported from Yainingpokpi in Imphal West from the hill side along the Imphal-Ukhrul road.
Situation continues to be volatile in the periphery areas of Manipur with firing reported from multiple places this morning.
As per sources, intermittent firing broke out along the fringe areas in Koutruk, Sekmai and Sinam Khul since around 5:30 AM.
Reports are coming in of sophisticated weapons including RPGs and hi-tech drones being used in the fresh attacks.
Meanwhile reports are also coming in that a security post of Manipur Rifles was captured by armed men at Koutruk yesterday, who allegedly came down from the hillside.
Attacks were also reported from Yainingpokpi in Imphal West from the hillside along the Imphal-Ukhrul road. And once again, as per locals, hi-tech drones were used to drop bombs. The attacks reportedly took place post midnight.
On Sunday, at least 2 people were killed and several others, including a police commando, were injured after a gunfight broke out near Koutruk in Kangchup region in the Imphal West district of Manipur.
Lok Sabha MP A Bimol Akoijam targeted the Centre on the prevailing situation in the state.
Taking to social media, Akoijam said that the latest round of criminal and deadly assault on the civilians, including using drones to bomb residential areas, exposes the failure of the law enforcing agencies, particularly the armed forces under the Government of India which are deployed in Manipur.
https://x.com/Bimol_Akoijam/status/1830282270248194151
Rajya Sabha MP Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba also reacted to the Koutruk attack. Taking to social media, he said that the union government is urged upon to take strong and stringent actions against these militants at the earliest.
Also Watch
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Meghalaya Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong Making Steady Recovery, Will Resume Work Soon
18th September 2024Live Assam Govt Transfers 3 SPs, Several Other Police Officers
18th September 2024Live 50 Injured in Head-On Collision Between Two Buses on Assam’s NH 17
18th September 2024Live Union Cabinet approves One Nation, One Election proposal
18th September 2024WE RECOMMEND
Manipur Violence: Students Spend Night at Ima Marlet as They Await Governor’s Response
For the first time ever in Manipur, over hundreds of young students, starting from class 11 to postgraduate, both boys and girls, spent the night not in the comfort of their beds in their homes, but on hard, cold cement slabs and wooden racks in the iconic Ima market in Imphal. These students who thronged […]
10th September 2024Manipur Crisis: Over 200 Students Refuse to Go Home, to Spend Night at Khwairamband Ima Market
Students from different higher secondary schools, colleges and universities decided not to go back home till Governor L P Acharya did not respond to their demands
09th September 2024Manipur Violence: CM Seeks Centre’s Proactive Role in Tackling Crisis
The BJP-led ruling alliance in Manipur headed by Chief Minister N Biren Singh clearly wants a more proactive and understanding role of the Centre in dealing with the situation in the state. Team Biren Singh has made several forceful pleas before Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya, prime among which is the demand for handing over charge […]
09th September 2024Manipur Crisis: CM Biren Singh to Meet Governor Again today, Second Meeting in Less Than 24 Hours
Amid the escalating situation in Manipur, the Assam Rifles has deployed a few anti-drone systems in the state.
08th September 2024Kuki-Zos Protest Removal of Assam Rifles, Plans Mass Agitations from Tomorrow
Protests erupted today in Motbung Model Village, Kangpokpi, as the Kuki-Zo community, under the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) Sadar Hills, began agitations against the removal of the 9th and 22nd Assam Rifles from Kuki-Zo-dominated areas and said they would organise mass fasting prayers on Sunday in their respective churches across Sadar Hills, followed by […]
07th September 2024