Three persons were injured, and several abandoned houses and two buses were burnt by armed miscreants in three separate incidents in violence-hit Manipur on Tuesday and Thursday.
The first incident took place on Tuesday, when suspected armed miscreants fired in the Heikol, and Phougakchao Ikhai areas of Bishnupur district, in which three civilians sustained injuries, Manipur Police said in a tweet. “Security forces retaliated to the firing and repelled the miscreants,” the police said.
On Wednesday, nine persons were arrested for setting two buses on fire in Kangpokpi district the previous day. The incident took place at Sapermeina on National Highway 2 when a mob burnt down two buses on suspicion that members of the Meitei community were present in the vehicles. A juvenile was among those apprehended for the crime, the police said.
