Imphal, A Kuki woman was shot dead and a man injured when suspected militants engaged in a gunfight in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Thursday, officials said.
Following the exchange of fire, a woman from Taphou Kuki village, who was working in a nearby field, was found shot dead. COTU has demanded that Taphou Kuki village be brought under the jurisdiction of Kangpokpi district police instead of the present Senapati district police station. Two Kuki youths who went missing from the vicinity of Taphou Kuki village on October 28 were found dead in neighbouring Senapati district on November 1.
The incident took place amid protests by the Kangpokpi-based Committee on Tribal Unity , which organised a sit-in demonstration at the district headquarters over what it described as an “unsatisfactory response to the organisation’s charter of demands” following the recent abduction and killing of two Kuki-Zo civilians from Taphou Kuki village.
Manipur Police ADGP Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo had said on Tuesday that the state government was considering transferring the case to the National Investigation Agency .
