Manipur ke Jiribam district mein Saturday subah fresh violence mein paanch logon ki maut ho gayi, police ne bataya. Ek aadmi ko uske sote waqt goli maar di gayi jabki chaar doosre log do communities ke armed men ke beech firing ke badle mein maare gaye.
Ek police officer ne bataya ki militants ek aadmi ke ghar mein ghus gaye, jo akela rehta tha aur district headquarters se lagbhag 5 km door ek isolated jagah par tha, aur usse sote waqt goli maar kar hamesha ke liye khatam kar diya.
Iss hatya ke baad, armed men ke beech district headquarters se 7 km door pahadi ilaake mein bhari firing shuru ho gayi, jisme chaar log maare gaye, jisme se teen hill-based militants the, officer ne bataya.
Is hafte pehle, suspected “village volunteers” ne ek retired police officer ke teen-room wale khaali ghar ko Jiribam district ke Jakuradhor mein jala diya, Borobekra police ne confirm kiya.
Tribal body Indigenous Tribes Advocacy Committee (Pherzawl aur Jiribam) ne iss haadse mein kisi bhi involvement se inkaar kiya.
District mein representatives of Meitei aur Hmar communities ke beech ek samjhauta hone ke bawajood violence badh gaya. Ye samjhauta normalcy restore karne aur arson aur firing ke incidents ko rokne ke liye tha. Meeting 1 August ko Assam ke Cachar district mein CRPF facility par hui thi.
Meeting Jiribam district administration, Assam Rifles aur CRPF personnel ne moderate ki thi, jisme Hmar, Meitei, Thadou, Paite aur Mizo communities ke representatives bhi maujood the.
Is samjhaute ko kuch Hmar tribal bodies ne kharij kar diya jo Jiribam district ke bahar base hain, kehte hue ki unhe iske baare mein koi jankari nahi thi.
Pichhle saal May se Imphal Valley-based Meiteis aur adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups ke beech ethnic violence mein ab tak 200 se zyada logon ki jaan ja chuki hai aur hazaron log apne gharon se beghar ho chuke hain.
Ethnically-diverse Jiribam, jo pehle Imphal Valley aur adjoining hills ke violence se largely untouched tha, ab violence mein ghira hua hai. June mein ek 59-year-old aadmi ki hatya ke baad, jo ek community ka tha, militants ne dusri community ke haath se maar diya tha. Arson ke kai cases ke baad, hazaron logon ko apne ghar chhod kar relief camps mein shift hona pada. July ke madhya mein CRPF ka ek jawan bhi militants ke ambush mein mar gaya jab security forces patrolling kar rahe the.
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