An Assam Rifles soldier allegedly shot at his six colleagues on Wednesday morning earlier than taking pictures himself useless at his battalion in south Manipur.
Assam Rifles launched an announcement on the incident.
“There was an incident of firing by an Assam Rifles Jawan in an Assam Rifles Battalion deployed near the Indo – Myanmar border in South Manipur. One Assam Rifles Jawan opened hearth on his colleagues injuring six of them (all injured are non-Manipuris); later the person shot himself. All injured have been evacuated to Army Hospital for additional remedy and reported to be secure”, the assertion stated.
The assertion added that there was no relation by any means of this explicit incident to the continued battle within the state.
“In mild of the continued ethnic strife in Manipur, it is very important share the main points of the incident transparently to dispel any potential rumours and keep away from any hypothesis. This unlucky incident shouldn’t be correlated with ongoing battle, given the truth that not one of the injured are from Manipur. An investigation into the incident has been ordered to establish the information”, the assertion learn.
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“All Assam Rifles battalions have blended class composition together with these belonging to numerous communities from Manipur. All personnel have been staying and working collectively regardless of polarization of society to keep up peace and stability in Manipur”, the assertion added.
In the meantime, officers conscious of the developments have described this incident as a fratricide.
“Police will probe the incident. The soldier is from Churachandpur, and had lately joined obligation however the individuals he shot are, not from Manipur. Police will probe the explanations for this fratricide incident,” an official conscious of the matter stated.
Ethnic clashes between the Kukis and Meiteis first erupted on Could 3 throughout a protest towards a court-ordered tweak to the state’s reservation matrix, granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing to the latter.
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