Insurgency / Manipur

Imphal, February 22: The Gauhati High Court Imphal Bench has ordered to hold a Judicial Inquiry into the killing of 10 civilians including school boys by CRPF jawans at Tonsen Lamkhai on October 3, 1999 morning. A single bench court headed by Justice AH Saikia yesterday ruled that the inquiry should be conducted by the District Judge Manipur West who should submit the report before the court within six months. Since the verdict was passed in the presence of both the parties, the court maintained that they" should appear before the Sessions Judge Manipur West on March 18. The ruling followed...

Imphal, February 21: Four Assam Rifles personnel, including the captain commanding the 7th AR post at Yairipok, were killed and at least three others, including a major injury in an ambush carried out by cadres of the underground UNLF last night at around 7.00 pm near Yairipok?s Top Chingtha. The AR team was ambushed while returning from the site of the earlier attack yesterday by suspected Kuki militants on a polling party in the Maphou dam area yesterday in which two polling personnel were killed. Sources said that when the nine vehicle convoy of the 7th AR returning from the Maphou dam are...

Imphal, February 21: The proscribed UNLF today said that it is continuing its series of attacks on "Indian occupational forces" uninterrupted. In a release, the outfit said 3 BSF jawans were killed and 4 injured when its army attacked a BSF convoy sent in to Henglep to oversee the "Indian colonial election" in Churachandpur district on February 13. Two bullet proof vehicles were destroyed in the attack, it said and added that the BSF convoy suffered heavy casualties when it was attacked again near Henglep on February 19. The outfit's MPA mounted another attack using rocket launchers on the...

IMPHAL, Feb 22 — Four security personnel including an Army captain on poll duty in Manipur were killed when militants ambushed a security party at Yairipok are ain Thoubal district, official sources said on Thursday. The Assam Rifles personnel who were patrolling the area for smooth movement of polling personnel to interior polling stations in hill districts were attacked on Wednesday evening by ultras using rocket launchers from nearby hilltops. Three Assam Rifles men and an Army captain were killed on the spot. Though Assam Rifles is a paramilitary force, its officers are deployed from the...

Imphal, February 20: In the biggest strike during the State Assembly election process, militants attacked an IRB party escorting poll officials and materials killing two officials and one jawan and injuring 12 others besides snatching six weapons near Laikhong village around 7 km from Maphou Dam under Yairipok police station at 12.30 this afternoon. State DGP AA Siddiqui has announced Rs 2 lakh as ex-gratia to the family of the deceased jawan. The police chief also gave Rs 10,000 each to the injured jawan and promised to bear the medical expenses. Reports reaching here said that the militants...

Imphal, February 20: Three innocent civilians of a marriage party were killed and six others were seriously wounded in what was apparently a botched ambush attempt on a security convoy this evening near the Imphal College on the Tiddim road on the outskirts of Imphal city. Three occupants of a jeep carrying the cameraman covering the marriage were killed and six others were injured when an improvise explosive device (IED) exploded this evening at around 7 pm in front of the Imphal College under Singjamei police station. According to sources the incident occurred while the marriage party was...

Imphal, February 18: A fierce gun battle ensued between BSF troops and a group of militants while the BSF were advancing towards Lezangphai from Santing in Churachandpur district today. Three companies of BSF under the command of CO of the 64th Bn were fired upon from hill tops by the militants. The BSF retaliated and a fierce gun battle of four hours ensued, said BSF DIG PK Misra. The attack was mounted from three directions. BSF personnel, put on election duty for the second phase poll in Churachandpur district have been able to push back the militants from Lezangphai, he claimed. BSF...

Imphal, February 17: The two factions of the underground Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, KYKL have reunited, bringing to an end a long and bitter feud that has cost dozens of lives. The two factions, one led by Namoijam Oken and another by Achou Toijamba had split in 1996. The two leaders, in a joint statement issued in this regard, acknowledged that the split had occurred due to a misunderstanding, and that it had caused serious harm to the public. The joint statement said the decision to reunite keeping in mind the urgent need for unity among all underground groups in Manipur and the north east...

Imphal, February 18: The interference of underground elements in electioneering in the hill districts for the second phase of the Assembly elections, particularly in Tamenglong, Senapati and Ukhrul districts, have evoked considerable apprehension among the general public. Instruction reportedly issued by a particular underground organization, which has disavowed all interest in ?Indian elections? to the village authorities of various villages in these three districts, warning against voting for candidates who had opposed the extension of the NSCN (IM) ceasefire to Manipur has cast a shadow...

Imphal, February 15: The BSF DIG, PK Mishra, said the BSF troops have at 11.50 am today reached Henglep sub-divisional headquarters after pushing away the entrenched militants there and completed its area domination exercise, in preparation of the second phase of the elections to the 8th Manipur Legislative Assembly on February 21. Speaking to IFP on the phone, Mishra said immediately after the takeover, he himself landed by helicopter at Henglep town to oversee matters at 11.55 am. It is learnt, there were camera crew with him on the trip, including that of the Zee TV. Mishra said that troops...