IMPHAL, Oct 7 MNS NNN: Cadres of Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) attacked St. Peter English School’s principal which is located at Langol Game Village, Zone-2 under Lamphel Police Station in Imphal West district causing bullet injuries to the school principal’s wife and his son. The militants allegedly fired indiscriminately inside the school premise at around 9.30 am.
The school principal is identified as one P Songlianlal. He had contested in the last Manipur assembly election on Trinamool Congress ticket from Churachandpur district headquarters assembly constituency but was defeated.
P.Songlianlal’s wife P. Manpi (56) and his son P. Liankhanson (27) are grievously injured. P. Manpi received bullet injury on her left arm while P. Liankhangson was hit on his right chest.
Just after the news of the attack spread out in the locality, irate people along with the victims’ family members managed to pull up one of the armed attackers. He is identified as Thangboi (25) s/o K.G. Tungdin of Tangnuan village,Churchandpur. A .32 pistol along with five live rounds of bullets has been recovered from his possession. Thangboi confessed to be an active member of ZRA.
According to information culled from the spot, three ZRA armed cadres coming in a black colour Bolero jeep were asking for a talk with the school’s principal P. Songlianlal (56). HIs wife and son came out to meet the strangers but not the principal. In the process, a heated argument cropped up between the school principal’s family and the militants. One of the cadres threatened to shoot the principal’s son. There, a scuffle between the cadres and the family members erupted. In the process, the armed militants opened fire indiscriminately causing bullet injuries to P. Manpi and P. Liankhanson.
Meanwhiler, talking to the media, P. Songlianlal disclosed that he had received threats from ZRA for being a Trinamool Congress’ candidate for Churchandpur assembly constituency in the last assembly election and maintained that another threat against him came by the same party on September 12.
Suspecting the attack as a well-planned one, Songlianlal alleged that the attackers just after the incident had exchanged their black colour Bolero jeep with a white one from the quarter of Vung Zagin Valte, the MLA of Thanlon assembly constituency which is located at Lamphel. He also alleged that a son of Manipur health minister Phunzathang Tonsing had escorted the attackers upto Churachandpur.
P. Manpi and P. Lianlhanson are now undergroing treatments at Shija Hospitals, Imphal.
Meanwhile, local women folks condemned the incident and said sucvh incidents are bound to ignite civil wars if not contained.
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