Manipur: Two Kukis killed, homes burnt down in militant attack

Two members of the Kuki community were killed and several homes were burned down on Thursday when the Kultuh Kuki village in Manipur’s Kamjong district was attacked by militants, a senior police officer told Scroll.

The attack came hours after arson was reported in Senapati district and other places.

The fresh violence came after the bodies of six men from the Naga community, who had been abducted by a Kuki armed group on May 13, were recovered on Wednesday. The police said that an investigation into the deaths was underway.

In the Liangmai Taphou village of Senapati district, the state headquarters of the Naga People’s Front was vandalised on Thursday, India Today NE reported. This came hours after unidentified miscreants ransacked the premises. The NPF is the ruling party in neighbouring Nagaland.

Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday expressed his condolences for the death of the six Naga men.

The government “strongly condemns this heinous act” and is committed to ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice, he said, adding that the matter was being looked into by the National Investigation Agency.

Singh said that he also condemns the killing of a farmer from Lansan Kuki village in Tamenglong district on Tuesday. “Violence has no place in our society,” he said on social media.

On Wednesday, the United Naga Council...

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