Insurgency / Manipur

IMPHAL, August 4: An Assam Rifles jawan was killed and a captain injured when armed activists launched an attack on the 8th Assam Rifles post at Toupokpi in Manipur's Bishenpur district on Tuesday night, official sources said on Wednesday. They said the attack took place around 1930 hours. The security personnel also fire back during the encounter which lasted for about 15 minutes. A jawan was killed on the spot and a Captain was seriously injured, they said. The militants escaped under the cover of darkness. Security forces have cordoned off nearby areas and launched a manhunt.

GUWAHATI, Aug 1- A worldwide campaign, at the behest of Amnesty International, will be launched on November 27 to protest against the November 27, 1997, verdict of the Supreme Court granting validity to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Human rights activists the world over will wear black badges and present memoranda to the Supreme Court urging it to review its order. The call to this effect was given by human rights activists in a workshop on human rights under the aegis of Amnesty International held at Bhubaneswar in Orissa recently. The workshop, however, opposed a resolution put...

IMPHAL, July 24: The Manipur government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing of five civilians by the Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) in Churachandpur on July 21, the state chief minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh told the House on July 22. The magisterial inquiry will be headed by the deputy commissioner of the district, Taranikanta. The report will be submitted within 15 days. Nipamacha Singh also promised an ex gratia payment of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of the victims. He, however, said if necessary a judicial inquiry too could be instituted. The chief...

IMPHAL, July 18 - In protest against the killing of excise superintendent T Babumacha by the proscribed People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) members, hundreds of protesters on Saturday last staged a mass rally here. The rally was, however, stopped by the police at Khwai Nagamapal. Later, the rallyists organised a meeting at Khurai Lamlong Bazar. Babumacha was kidnapped and killed by PREPAK activists on July 8 at Takyelpat about three km west of Imphal town.

Ihpal, July 17: Armed activists raided the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Khuman Lampak area in Manipur's Imphal West district on Saturday, official sources said. However, no casualty was reported in the attack which took place at the camp of 114 Bn CRPF on Saturday afternoon, the sources said, adding, the two activists escaped on a two-wheeler before security reinforcements rushed to the area. This was the second militant attack by activists in Manipur over a span of three days. The first incidents was at Kangchup area in which four persons, including three CRPF personnel, were...

Imphal, July 15: Four persons, including three CRPF jawans were killed and three others seriously injured in an ambush by identified activists near Kangchip in Manipur's Imphal West district on Thursday, official sources said. The activists armed with automatic weapons ambushed three vehicles of 12th Bn CRPF coming here from Kangchup at about 0930 hours. Three jawans were killed by the shots fired by the militants during the ambush and as many seriously injured, the sources said. A civilians was also killed by a stray bullet during the exchange of fire between the activists and the CRPF, the...