Cop among 4 killed, Manipur on the boil

Four people, including a police commando, were killed as fresh incidents of violence convulsed Manipur in the early hours of Friday, police said, taking the death toll in the ethnic unrest which began more than two months ago to 127.

- Utpal Parashar

GUWAHATI: According to police, the first instance of violence was reported in Kangvai, near the border between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, where two groups of people opened fire at one another.

Churachandpur superintendent of police (SP) Karthik Malladi said the exchange of fire began around 1.30am when armed miscreants from one group allegedly attacked villages belonging to another. After a lull of a few hours, the firing between the two sides resumed and continued till security forces brought the situation under control, he said.

“Two men died and three were injured in the violence that broke out early on Friday at Kangvai, near the border between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts,” the SP said.