Two of the four Kuki-Zo members of a soldier’s family, who were allegedly abducted by a Meitei mob from a security check post in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, have been found dead, officials told Scroll on Thursday.
Five Kuki-Zo people, including two women, were allegedly “forcibly taken away” on Tuesday morning by a Meitei mob near Kangchup Chingkhong village checkpost in the presence of the police and central security forces. They were travelling towards L Phaijang village for a wedding function. Their alleged abduction led to firing incidents and fresh protests in Manipur.
Manipur has been reeling under ethnic clashes between Kuki and Meitei communities. Over 200 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in early May. Nearly 60,000 persons have been forced to flee their homes.
Inspector General of Police Themthing Ngasangva told Scroll said that two bodies, one woman and a man, were found on Tuesday evening. Two others remain missing. The fifth member of the group, the 65-year-old father of the Indian Army soldier, was rescued by security forces on Tuesday and has been seriously injured. He was airlifted to a military base hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday.
In a statement released on Tuesday night, the Manipur Police also confirmed that the vehicle carrying the group of Kuki-Zos was “confronted by an enraged…
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