On Monday around 3pm, militants from Kuki community started firing on the CRPF post located at Jakurador and Borobekra Police station located near Jiribam District, Manipur. Security forces counterattacks and firing goes on for about an hour. 10 Suspects were shot dead during the discharge and 1 CRPF Constable Sanjeev Kumar suffered injury due to gun shot on arm. He was taken for treatment in Silchar Medical College in Assam.
According to the sources, militants were carrying out attacks and burning shops from around 4am in various locations such as Lamtai Khunou and Jakuradhor Karong. Multiple gun attacks have been carried on the Relief Camp located in the Borobekra Sub-division in the recent months. Militants after attacking on the police station paved the way towards Jakurador Karong to commit more violence.
Police recovered 10 bodies of men belonging to Kuki-Zo Umbrella, that comes under the Hmar groups. Hmar people lives in the Pherzawl District. According to there group, the suspects who were shot dead were there ‘village volunteers’ and has announced a shutdown in the areas they reside for there deaths. Borobekra Police also recovered arms and ammunition including AK Series rifles and RPGs.
Today, 11th November, 2024 at about 3 pm, the CRPF Post located at Jakuradhor and Borobekra Police Station (located nearby), Jiribam District were attacked by armed militants. The security forces retaliated strongly. Due to the attack, one CRPF constable namely Sanjeev Kumar… pic.twitter.com/8ORw3EB4Pg
— Manipur Police (@manipur_police) November 11, 2024
There has been a lot of tension among civilians in Jiribam especially after a 31 year old woman who was a part of Hmar group was killed by suspected Meitei miscreant when working on the paddy field last week.
Another incident occurred when a group of farmers in the Meitei populate area was fired on by Kuki miscreants, an 35 year old man got injured in the firing.
Jiribam is a small district in western part of Manipur and consist of people from various cultures. There are regular clashes between different ethnic groups.
(HVV) Hamar Village Volunteer group says that they don’t want any conflict with the central forces and are just protecting there people from Meitei Terrorists. They say that the suspects killed on Monday are part of the HVV and were retaliating against the Meitei terrorists for the killing of 31 year old woman.
