Six missing, 2 bodies found day after attack on Jiribam camp

The bodies of two civilians were recovered while six others were missing in Manipur's Jiribam district a day after 10 armed militants were killed by security forces when they tried to storm a Central Reserve Police Force camp and attack a police station, officials said on Tuesday.

- Sobhapati Samom and Thomas Ngangom

The two civilian victims were identified as Maibam Kesho Singh (75) and Laishram Barel (61), both from Modhupur village in Jiribam district. The six missing were three women - Y Rani Devi (60), T Thoibi Devi (31) and L Heitombi Devi (25) - and three minor children from the same family.

"During a further search after yesterday's incident, dead bodies of two civilian IDPs (internally displaced persons) were found at Jakuradhor village," said inspector general of police (operations) IK Muivah during a press briefing at the state police headquarters in Imphal. "Now police are trying to trace those three missing women and three children."

Inspector general of police (administration) K Jayenta Singh, who was also present at the briefing, said that three more civilians were rescued in Jiribam after Monday's incident.

There were also reports of firing at some adjoining areas of Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts, and in some places at the order of Imphal East and Kangpokpi, he said.