In Kakching district's Serou village, the 80-year-old wife of a freedom fighter was locked inside her house and set on fire by an armed group, according to the police case filed by her husband, S Churachand Singh, who is also 80 years old.
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A BSF jawan was killed and two Assam Rifles personnel injured in an encounter with suspected Kuki insurgents in Manipur’s Serou early on Tuesday, officials said.
The exchange of fire between the two sides took place in a school in Serou area of Sugnu in Kakching district.
A BSF official said
The present happenings in Manipur are the wages of continued neglect, and not so benign at that, of a vital region and its people.
Had we lavished on the North East even a fraction of the care and resources we do on Kashmir, things would not have come to this pass, asserts Shreekant Sambrani.
The recent violence in Manipur has so far claimed the lives of nearly 100 people. Scores of others have lost their houses, while schools and churches in the state have been arsoned. Home Minister Amit Shah, who visited Manipur after 27 days of unrest, held several peace talks and has assured of restoring peace in the state soon.