In a fresh round of violence, two persons were killed in separate incidents in the foothills of Manipur in the past 24 hours.
The first incident took place in Imphal East on Saturday when Lucy Maring, a 55-year-old Naga woman who was ailing from mental illness, was found murdered in Imphal East. The woman was shot in the head and her face was disfigured, a police source said. The Manipur Police said in a tweet on Sunday that nine accused including five women have been arrested in connection with the case and two arms, five rounds of ammunition and a car used in the crime were seized.
The United Naga Council (UNC) said in a statement that the victim was “forcefully apprehended” by a woman group and handed over to a private militia that killed her. The UNC has called for a 12-hour shutdown on Monday in all the Naga areas of Manipur to condemn the incident. It said since the beginning of the conflict between the Meitei and the Kuki communities, Nagas have maintained that peace must prevail.
