A Kuki woman died after being hit by bullets during an exchange of fire between armed groups and security forces in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Friday night, police said.
Police said that after receiving information about the construction of illegal bunkers near Chassad police station, teams of civil police, the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) launched a drive to demolish the illegal bunkers. During the operation, women from the area tried to disrupt the drive. Meanwhile, unidentified people reportedly opened fire at security forces, who retaliated.
Locals said the incident occurred at around 9:30pm on Friday during a protest against the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of Chassad Village Volunteers. Meanwhile, the district magistrate of Kamjong district has imposed restrictions on gatherings within a 400-metre radius of Chassad police gate junction in the scheduled area. The restrictions were issued under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
The woman sustained two bullet injuries to her upper left chest, near the neck, officers said. The deceased was a mother of five children—three boys and two girls, locals said.
