Imphal, Oct 6: Manipur police IGP I.K. Muivah said that the police have recovered 80 percent of the 20 sophisticated weapons looted on October 2 by a mob from the Ukhrul Police station.
He said intense search efforts were underway to recover the remaining arms and ammunition.
According to reports, on October 2, villagers of the Hunphun and Hungpung villages in Ukhrul district had engaged in violent clashes over the disputed boundary of their villages, leading to the death of four persons, including a Manipur Rifles jawan and injuring 29 others.
Residents of the two villages participated in the ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ (cleanliness drive), organised by Thawaijao Hungpung Young Students’ Organisation (THYSO), on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti but suddenly engaged in clashes.
During the clashes, some youths started firing from their guns, killing two villagers and a Manipur Rifles jawan on the spot and injuring 30 others, one of them succumbed to his injuries at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal on October 3.
Soon after the clashes, a mob stormed the Ukhrul police station and looted a large cache of arms and ammunition from the police station.
The mob managed to decamp with 20 weapons and a large quantity of different types of ammunition. The looted arms include 9 mm pistols, INSAS rifles, AK-47 rifles, 9 mm carbines, SLR and Sten gun.
