Imphal, Five people, including a woman, were killed in fresh clashes among armed groups in Manipur’s Kamjong and Ukhrul districts, officials said on Saturday.
A heavy exchange of fire was also reported between armed groups at Makui Ashang and Tapon in Kangpokpi district. The restrictions prohibit the assembly of five or more people. Security forces rushed to the village after the incident and brought the situation under control.
The man was killed in the ensuing clashes, during which 10 houses were also torched, they added. The district authorities imposed prohibitory orders under Section 162 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita within a 400-metre radius of Chassad police gate junction to prevent further violence. In a separate incident in Ukhrul district, a 40-year-old man, Sandeep Rai, was shot dead near Chepu Yaolen after suspected militants opened fire at his vehicle.
In a separate incident, suspected militants entered Ningchou village, a Tangkhul Naga settlement near the Myanmar border, in Kamjong, and started firing, the officials said. The man died inside the four-wheeler he was driving, the officials said. Her killing triggered an exchange of fire between Kuki and Naga armed groups, which continued on Saturday morning.
