Angry women and protesters blocked the National Highway at several points in the Thoubal district
Keisham Yaiphaba
Imphal : One person was killed and twenty three others injured in a police firing at Wangbal village in Thoubal district of Manipur on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 1 pm, when a group of youths approached an Indian Reserve Battalion camp, located at Wangbal, allegedly asking for live bullets.
As the personnel of the IRB camp refused to give any live bullets a confrontation followed between the two sides.
During the tussle, personnel of the IRB blanked-fired several rounds and tear gas to disperse the crowd.In the ensuing scuffle, Amujam Ronaldo aged 27, sustained bullet injuries. He was shifted to Thoubal district hospital where he succumbed to the bullet injuries.
Two more people were seriously injured and are undergoing treatment at Raj Medicity and RIMS in Imphal. The incident led to violent protests across the district, and one vehicle of the Assam Rifles was burnt down by the mobs in the Thoubal district.
The house of an IRB personnel who allegedly shot Ronaldo was also burned down by a mob on Tuesday.
Angry women and protesters blocked the National Highway at several points in the Thoubal district.
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