The Young Mizo Association (YMA) has stated that the deceased were “innocent” victims, condemning the killings as “murders” and demanding a probe by the Centre

Police say they recovered several weapons and that 3 CRPF men were injured in the incident. Kuki groups say the men were not militants, but 'village defence volunteers'.

Imphal/IBNS: Three children and three women have been missing from Manipur's Jiribam since Monday following an encounter between suspected Kuki insurgents and the security forces, which saw the elimination of 10,

Kuki-Zo council called for a “total shutdown” to protest the encounter of 11 militants, who it claimed as “village volunteers”.

Suspected Kuki militants burnt to death two Meitei people in Jiribam region of Manipur, media reports said. The two dead people are aged 76 and 54. Kuki militants also abducted three women aged 60, 31, and 25 and three children aged eight, two and a half years, and an eight-month-old, reported UNI news agency.

At least 11 suspected Kuki insurgents were shot dead in an encounter with the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam district on Monday, sources said. According to reports, the suspected Kuki insurgents in the Assam-bordering area also injured a few Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.