Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 23, 2009:
Unidentified miscreants have set the house of the village chief of Happyland under Lamlai police station in Imphal East district on fire and later took two villagers into captivity today around 7.25pm.According to source, around eight armed men have intruded into the village and looked for the village chief, L K Vareisho (41), son of (L) LK Kiying.
As he was watching TV at one of the houses of the village, he could not be traced by the armed men.
Since the armed men did not find the chief, they set the meeting hall of the village and the kitchen of the house on fire.
They were also said to have fired several rounds of gunfire.
Later, they took two of the villagers including the Church clerk and a member of the village authority with them.
The two abducted villagers have been NK Joyson (30), son of NK Phongmi and S Bhengor (36), son of (L) S Simon.
On hearing the news, personnel of Lamlai Police Station and Imphal East district police commandos have rushed to the spot.
However, they could not trace the whereabouts of the two abducted villagers.
The incident was believed to be revenge against the killing of two KCP(MC) Lanheiba Meitei cadres by suspected NSCN (IM) on September 21.