Manipur crisis: Mob sets IRB personnel's house on fire after clash

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PTI. The house was torched following the personnal foiled the attempts of rioters to loot firearms from the police armory., said officials. As per details, the incident took place at Samaram on Tuesday night after a 27-year-old man, identified as Ronaldo, was killed in a clash when a 700-800-strong mob tried to storm the camp of the 3rd IRB at Wangbal, 4 km away, to loot firearms from the police armory.

ALSO READ: Security forces foil attempted weapon loot in Manipur's Thoubal district; 1 killed The jawan performed his duty well and did not allow the rioters to loot the police weapons store, security officials said, adding he was part of the IRB unit guarding the armory. On Tuesday, the forces tried to bring the situation under control and used teargas shells and rubber bullets at first. However, as the armed mob opened fire, the forces shot back.

Apart from this, the mob blocked the roads leading to the camp at multiple locations to prevent reinforcements from reaching there. Still, the forces moved through. The mob even attacked a team of the Assam Rifles that was on the way to the camp and fired on the personnel in which a jawan was injured and torched their vehicle.

After Ronaldo was shot, he was taken away by the mob to the Thoubal district hospital but was later referred to a hospital in Imphal as his condition was critical. He died on the way to the state capital, officials said. Ten others were also injured in the clashes and six of them with serious injuries were admitted to a hospital in Imphal, they said.