Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) The Manipur government on Friday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, who was kidnapped and later killed by suspected United Kuki National Army (UKNA) militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home) N. Ashok Kumar said the state government is deeply concerned over the abduction and killing of Singh, also known as Ginminthang (29), who was abducted along with his wife, Chingnu Haokip, fr…
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Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Meitei community’s apex body Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and several other organisations on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of a Meitei man, asserting that acts of violence have no place in a civilised society.Fresh tension escalated on Thursday in Manipur’s Imphal valley region, inhabited by the Meitei community, after police recovered the body of a 38-year-old man a day after he and his wife were …
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) Fresh tension escalated in Manipur’s Imphal valley on Thursday after police recovered the body of a 38-year-old man, a day after he and his wife were kidnapped by suspected United Kuki National Army (UKNA) militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, officials said.The victim has been identified as Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, who belonged to the Meitei community.He was married to Chingnu Haokip, a member of the Kuki tribal community.After the marriage, Singh had adopte…