Two migrant labourers from Bihar shot dead in Manipur, 7 Arrested
The incident happened near the panchayat office in Keirak on Kakching-Wabagai Road around 5.20 pm.
IMPHAL- Two migrant labourers from Bihar were shot dead from point blank range in Manipur’s Kakching district on Saturday evening. The incident happened near the panchayat office in Keirak on Kakching-Wabagai Road around 5.20 pm. The deceased have been identified as Sunalal Kumar and Dashrath Kumar, residents of Rajwahi village in Gopalganj district of Bihar.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday said that seven cadres of a militant outfit have been detained in connection with Saturday’s killing of two migrant workers from Bihar and are now being interrogated.
Interacting with the media after attending the Vijay Diwas celebrations here, the Chief Minister said that the killing of two migrant workers might be with a “political motivation”.
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“Seven cadres of a militant outfit have been picked up and the senior police officials are now interrogating them to ascertain whether they were involved in the killing or not. Police are active in finding out the perpetrators of the killing. Searches by different security forces are going on to nab the actual killers,” he said.
A police official said that the seven detainees belong to the proscribed underground outfit, Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) (KCP-PWG).
On saturday, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has strongly condemned the killing of two migrant labourers from Bihar in Kakching district and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the two deceased.
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This incident happened at a time when Congress MP from Manipur Alfred KS Arthur raised the issue of violence in the state on Saturday. He stressed the need to provide justice to the people of Manipur and said that all parties should stand for it.
Participating in the discussion on ’75 years of glorious journey of the Constitution’ in the Lok Sabha, Arthur said that violence has been going on in Manipur for 19 months. He said that being a citizen of this country, I have the right to demand justice for the state.
