Amid fresh violence in Manipur, an Indian army soldier was injured after miscreants resorted to unprovoked firing from Kanto Sabal towards Chingmang village in Manipur's Imphal West on the intervening night of Sunday, the Army said on Monday.
“Armed miscreants resorted to unprovoked firing from Kanto Sabal towards Chingmang village during night of 18/19 June. Army Columns resorted to controlled retaliatory fire keeping in view presence of villagers in the area. One Army Soldier sustained Gun Shot Wound, evacuated to Military Hospital Leimakhong and is stable,” the Spear Corps of the Indian Army tweeted.
More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki community people in Manipur that broke out a month ago. The state government has imposed a curfew on 11 districts and suspended internet services.
In an untoward incident, the official quarters of Manipur minister Nemcha Kipgen in Lamphel area in Imphal West district was set on fire by unidentified people on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, 10 opposition parties of Manipur led by the Congress on Saturday had questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Modi on the Manipur situation while urging him to meet them and make an appeal for peace.
