Two dead, six including kids, women missing

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 12:  Out of 10 missing Meitei civilians, two have been found dead while six of them including three children have been reportedly abducted by Kuki militants and taken toward Barak River.
The other two have been recovered.
According to sources, 10 Meitei civilians went missing after Kuki militants attacked and burnt down houses and shops located at Jiribam Jakuradhor Karong on November 11 afternoon.
The daring attack led to a heavy exchange of firing between Kuki militants and security forces, and 10 Kuki militants were killed in the battle.
Later, 10 Meitei villagers were found missing.
Security forces and the local people carried out a massive search operation in the wee hours today in search of the 10 missing civilians.
Two of them were found dead inside the houses which were burnt down by the Kuki militants.
It is suspected that the two were burnt alive by the Kuki militants.
The two persons who were found dead have been identified as Laishram Barel Meetei (63) and Maibam Kesho (61).
The two other civilians were found lying with injuries in a nearby area.
They were rescued and brought to Jiribam Hospital for treatment and they have been identified as Pebam Rajkumar (64) and Oinam Thonglen (45), all from Jiribam Jakuradhor Karong.
However, three women and three minor children are still missing. The six identified as Yurembam Rani Devi (60) w/o Y Naba-kishore Singh, Telam Thoibi Devi (31) w/o T Uttam Singh, Laishram Heitonbi Devi (25) w/o L Herojit Singh, Laishram Ching-kheinganba (2) s/o L Herojit Singh, Telam Thajamanbi (8) d/o T Uttam Singh and Laishram Langamba (8 months) s/o L Herojit Singh are suspected to have been abducted by the Kuki militants.
It is highly suspected that the six of them might have been taken toward Barak River and held captive by Kuki militants.
Meanwhile, additional security personnel of Central armed forces have also reached Jiribam to assist the State and Central armed police deployed in Jiribam district.
On the other hand, Kuki militants attacked Mongbung village of Jiribam from Jaironpokpi Hmar village at around 3.10 pm by using bombs and bullets
Security personnel deployed in the area also retaliated by firing toward the Kuki militants
Intermediate firing is still on and there is no report of any injuries on the side of security forces during the attack by Kuki militants till the time of filing this report.