This is an archive article published on November 9, 2024
Manipur: Woman shot dead in paddy field
The incident took place in Saiton area when the woman, along with other farmers, went to tend to the crops when militants opened fire from hill-based positions on the low-lying farmlands in Imphal Valley.
The killing came two days after a 31-year-old woman was killed in an attack by unidentified persons on Zairon Hmar village in Jiribam district on Thursday night. (File Photo) A day after the Jiribam violence, which left one woman dead, another woman was killed in Manipur’s Bishnupur district after a group of armed miscreants launched an attack Saturday morning. The incident occurred in Saiton village, in the Bishnupur district (Meitei-dominated area) bordering Churachandpur district (Kuki-Zo dominated area).
The deceased has been identified as Sapam Sophia Leima (34).
Armed miscreants, suspected to be Kuki-Zo groups, fired upon a group of farmers at a paddy field in Lailampat, police said. The BSF personnel deployed in the area retaliated. The locals staged a protest at the BSF post with the body of the deceased accusing the central force of negligence.
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