Manipur violence: An ambulance rushing to hospital with an injured child inside, was set on fire by a mob in Imphal on Sunday. The child along with his Meitei mother and a relative, were burnt alive. The child’s father is a Kuki man.
According to reports, police registered an FIR under sections pertaining to murder. The incident took place in Imphal West’s Iroisemba area, under the jurisdiction of Lamphel police station.
A senior officer from the station said the vehicle was set ablaze around 7 pm Sunday.
Police register FIR for murder
“All we could recover were some bones from inside the vehicle,” he said. An FIR, which also includes sections pertaining to murder, was registered by police at the station that night.
The incident took place more than a month after clashes between Meiteis and Kukis first began on May 3 in the state.
Residents of Kangchup Chingkhok village in Kangpokpi district said the victims included Meena Hangsing, her 7-year old son Tomshing and Meena’s relative Lydia Lourembam.
Heavy exchange of fire
The Kangchup area has several Kuki villages and is on Kangpokpi district’s border with Imphal West, close to the Meitei village of Phayeng. The area has witnessed heavy exchange of fire in the second wave of violence across the state since May 27.
According to information, the three were heading to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences after Tomshing was suffered bullet injury to the head in firing on Sunday.
Another relative, Champi Hangsing, said the family drew confidence from the fact that both Meena and Lydia were Meitei. “They thought that since they are Metiei, nothing will happen to them as they travel through the valley. They left in three vehicles – the ambulance, and two vehicles with Manipur police personnel who escorted them,” he said.
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