IMPHAL: A joint security team of Assam Rifles troopers and police commandos gunned down a rebel in an encounter in Imphal West, while four suspected Kuki rebels were thrashed by irate locals for extorting money in Imphal East on Tuesday.
The rebel was gunned down near Don Bosco School at Phayeng village around 7pm, a source said. He added that a scooter and a pistol were recovered from the spot.
Family members of the slain cadre, W Jayanta (42) of Kumbi village in Bishupur district, claimed that he had nothing to do with any unlawful organization and he did not possess any weapons. They also alleged that the Rs 30,000 he had with him and his gold chain were not found after his death. Contending that he was killed in a fake encounter, the bereaved family and a local pressure group demanded that the government institute a judicial probe into it and punish the guilty personnel involved in his killing.
Four cadres of a Kuki militant outfit, which is a party to the ongoing Suspension of Operation (SOO) with the government, were beaten up by a group of locals for extorting money from them at Itham Moirang Purel village in Imphal East. The four Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) cadres were taken to police custody. The incident has come at a time when the government is taking note of the violation of the SOO ground rules by the cadres of some of the truce signatories.
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