Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 22 2009:
TWO HOUSES of Naharup Makha Pat under Irilbung police station have been reduced to cinder over a land dispute involving the local club and the locality of Elangbam clan today around 4.30pm. The houses belong to Elangbam Ibobi (55) and Saikhom Gulamjat (70).According to report, a cash amount of Rs 55, 000 was reduced to ashes by the fire which E Ibobi keeps to repossess his auctioned land.
The dispute originated some times back when the local club and the residents of Elangbam Kollup of the locality were in row over the place of construction of a community hall in the locality.
Local club members were launching an attack on the residents this evening using doe and spear apart from setting the two houses on fire, according to the report.
Police have kept the area under its control to control further clash among the localities, the report said.