The Manipur government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the January 1 shooting as the death toll rose to five.
Four people were killed on the spot when armed extremists opened fire in Lilong Chingjao, a Meitei Pangal or Meitei Muslim-dominated area in the State’s Thoubal district. One Mohammed Abdur Rajaq, who was grievously injured in the incident, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on Wednesday evening.
More than a dozen people were injured in the shooting. The outlawed Revolutionary People’s Front later claimed responsibility while claiming its members were attacked while trying to round up some drug traffickers who had ignored warnings to stop trading in narcotic substances.
