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IMPHAL, May 4: Mala Lisham, the Chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee of Thoubal district was fired upon by an unidentified male at Thoubal Haokha Maning Leikai at around 1 pm today. When contacted over the phone, Mala said that she was heading to office of the Deputy commissioner (DC) office Thoubal to attend a meeting driving her white Alto car (bearing registration number MN06-1042 when she came across a road pile up in the area of Lilong Ushoipokpi area with vehicles from Thoubal to Imphal side and vice versa being stranded on the road.
“I saw a white I-10 car (bearing registration number MN04-A7838) was taking a U-turn right in the middle of the road just in front of me,” Mala said while adding that she made the remark, “Why can`t you see where you are driving?” to the driver of the I-10 car.
She did not think much of the incident but drove on ahead of the said car but within minutes found that the white I-10 car had followed her at great speed. “The car made four efforts to block my way on the road by coming in front of my car but I realized I was in danger and went on driving. The man fired at me at Haokha Maning Leikai area,” Mala said.She would find later that the bullet hit the dicky of the Alto car she was driving and lodged into the right side of the rear car seat.
Following the firing and the car chase, Mala drove straight into the premises of the Thoubal district police station. “It was the only place I could think of,” she said.
An FIR no 85(5)2013 has been lodged at Thoubal police station under section 307/427/34 IPC and IPC (1c) of the Arms Act.
An IFP preliminary inquiry revealed that the white Alto car bearing registration number MN04-A7838 is registered under the name of one Sonia Alam, w/o Azad Alam of Yairipok Ningthi Manai.
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