Overview
- Officials said a mob tried to force entry into chairman H. Thanglet’s Churachandpur residence on Sunday night, and armed men fired blank rounds to disperse the crowd.
- Earlier the same day, youths pelted the house with stones and security forces used tear gas to drive them back.
- During the nighttime clash, a Central Armed Police Force assistant sub-inspector, identified as Sonawane Sanjay, suffered a gunshot wound from an unidentified shooter and was taken to hospital.
- Security personnel also broke up tyre burning by agitators in nearby Tuibong using tear gas, according to officials.
- In a separate incident on Monday in Ukhrul district, police said a woman was injured when armed miscreants fired at villagers, with a Kuki CSO group alleging village volunteers carried out the attack.