Manipur Violence: Body of woman found shot in Imphal West

GUWAHATI: A body of a woman with bullet wound on her head was found near the Tairenpokpi area of Imphal West on Wednesday. The body has been brought to the mortuary of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIIMS) in Imphal.

On Tuesday night, the body of an unidentified man with bullet wounds on his head was found in the Takhok Mapal Makha area of Imphal East district. His hands were tied and eyes blindfolded.

The bodies are suspected to be of two of the four tribal people who were abducted by a group of unidentified armed men near the Kangchup foothills in Imphal West on Tuesday morning. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF), in a statement on Tuesday, had said five tribal civilians travelling towards L Phaijang village in a vehicle were accosted by gunmen. One of them, 65-year-old Manglun Haokip from Bolkot village, was injured in a scuffle and after he fell unconscious, he was left to die on the road while the gunmen abducted the other four.

Haokip was later found by CRPF personnel in a critical condition. He has been airlifted to Guwahati where his condition is still reported to be critical.