Police checkpoint in Manipur's Jiribam district set on fire
Manipur was set on fire. Intense gunfire has erupted in Gularthol in Manipur between Manipur Police Commando and suspected militants.
While the check point falls under Jiribam district, the nearby Paithol village is in Tamenglong district. The incident took place at 10:20 pm on Wednesday.
Police reinforcements rushed to the site but were ambushed by the miscreants. A gun battle ensued that lasted around half an hour. A fire tender that responded to douse the flames was also hit
by bullets.
Sources said that the checkpoint was attacked on earlier occasions and nighttime security was withdrawn.
Several top Kuki bodies from Jiribam, Tamenglong, and Noney have alleged that armed Meitei militants, in collaboration with the Manipur Police Commandos, launched indiscriminate firing on the villagers and village volunteers of Phaitol village in Tamenglong, near the Jiribam border, on Wednesday evening, exacerbating the already volatile situation in the region.
They also alleged that Chief Minister N. Biren Singh's hidden agenda of smuggling Meitei militants and their supplies under the pretext of visiting Jiribam was exposed last night when the combined forces of Manipur Police Commandos and the Meitei militants indiscriminately attacked and fired upon the villagers and village volunteers of Phaitol.
According to Kuki bodies, the Manipur Police Commandos, along with Meitei militants, used heavy mortars and several other explosives in attacking the Kuki-Zo residential areas. However, the central security forces present in
