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Three bodies found near Assam-Manipur border suspected to be of missing persons, tension builds up

GUWAHATI: Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing from Jiribam district were found near the confluence of the Jiri river and Barak river along the Manipur-Assam border, officials said on Saturday. The bodies of a woman and two children were found around 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district on Friday night from where the six persons went …

Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing from Jiribam district were found near the confluence of Jiri river and Barak river along Manipur-Assam border, officials said on Saturday. The bodies of a woman and two children were found around 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district on Friday night from where the six persons went missing on Monday, …

Hours before Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi reached Manipur’s Jiribam district, his third visit to the strife-torn State since the violence began, firing was reported near Phaitol village along the border of Jiribam and Tamenglong districts. Following the firing early on Monday, tensions began escalating in the district once again, with security sources saying miscreants …

Imphal: In another incident in Manipur’s Jiribam, where fresh violence erupted last week, two abandoned houses belonging to Meitei were allegedly set ablaze by unknown miscreants in the early hours of Friday. This comes despite the deployment of additional security forces in the Jiribam district after the reignition of violence in the border district of Manipur. Additional security forces, including …

Imphal: A school building at T Motha near Moreh, a border town of Manipur, was set ablaze by unknown assailants on Wednesday while abandoned houses and shops were set on fire in Kalinagar, Jiribam district, as the state experienced fresh spate of violence since last week after the recovery of the beheaded body of a missing person on June 6, …

Jiribam district, bordering Assam, is a key commercial hub in Manipur. After receiving information that heavily armed militants were heading towards Jiribam via Halflong, Assam, security personnel including state commandos and village defence volunteers have been put on alert and are maintaining vigil. The Indigenous Tribes Advocacy Committee of Pherzawl and Jiribam district, a local organisation, warned the Manipur police …