Manipur tribal village guard shot dead by unknown men; 3 hurt

GUWAHATI: A day after two CRPF personnel were killed in Manipur's Bishnupur district, a tribal village guard was shot dead by

unidentified gunmen

in a post-midnight attack in

Kangpokpi district

on Sunday. Three others were reportedly injured.
Lammang Kipgen

, 44 and a father of five, was a resident of L Molsang village in Sadar Hills. The Committee on Tribal Unity called a 12-hour shutdown in the area against the killing.

"The enemy unleashed incessant attacks, raining bullets on Kipgen and his village volunteer friends. He had all the familial prosperity a man could hope for, with every reason to abstain from risking his life. But, he volunteered to defend one of the most volatile frontlines," Churachandpur-based Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) said. In Imphal West's Koutruk village, a gunfight broke out between village volunteers of two warring communities on Sunday morning. This village has been among the worst-hit since the outbreak of violence in the state in May last year. There were no reports of any casualty. Villagers were evacuated to safer places.