Imphal: A Sub-Inspector of the Manipur police was shot dead by unknown armed miscreants at Chingphei village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Wednesday.
The official Holkhomang Haokip, a Kuki tribal, was attached to the Churachandpur District police reserve line.
He had earlier been posted at the Bishnupur district police station.
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He suffered two bullet shots and his body was recovered at a bunker on the Chingphei hilltop at around 1:00 PM on Wednesday.
The cause of death has not yet been established.
Haokip’s body has been deposited at the mortuary of the Churachandpur District Hospital for further legal proceedings, the sources said.
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The recovery of Haokip’s body took place when there were exchanges of fire between the volunteers of the majority and minority warring groups at Phubala Canal in the inter-districts of Churachandpur and Bishnupur on Wednesday afternoon.
The ongoing internecine war that started on May 3 has claimed the lives of over 160 people and displaced over 60,000.