Mob loots arms from Manipur town police station amid violent clashes over land dispute
This is the first time a police station in a Naga-majority area has been targeted amid the ongoing ethnic tensions that have plagued Manipur in recent months.
This is the first time a police station in a Naga-majority area has been targeted amid the ongoing ethnic tensions that have plagued Manipur in recent months.
The incident was reported from Hinauta Kothar village in Mangawa area of Rewa.
One person was killed and three severely injured at Shyampur in Howrah last night following a village arbitration meeting, which was held to resolve a land dispute.
Tension brewed up in Rudrapur area of the district when land dispute led to killing of 6 people including two children and a woman in Fatehpur village on Monday morning.
Enraged by the incident, the family members of the deceased vandalized a dozen houses in the neighborhood and set them on fire.
The dispute between the villagers and the village chief pertains to a piece of 36-acre land.
A three-person committee has been constituted to investigate the matter from 1955 till now and has been directed to give a report to the government in 10 days.
According to UP DGP OP Singh, firing took place after the villagers protested when Dutt went there with allies to take possession of the land which he had purchased two years ago.
One of the gang members was nabbed from Mahalaxmi Layout area in Bengaluru, based on a tip-off.
Hansda and his aunt have been locked in a land dispute for long and the kangaroo court was held to settle the disagreement, which held the man guilty.
