Our Correspondent
Imphal | April 1
At least 17 people including women were seriously injured following a violent clash between two groups using clubs and bows and arrows at the interior village of Mantri Pantha Khul in Chandel district bordering Myanmar on Friday morning.
The skirmish occurred around 9 a.m. between villagers of neighbouring Mantri Pantha and Lalbung. Both sides sustained injuries in the violent clash over a land dispute, police said today.
The injured were taken to Government Chandel District Hospital and a private clinic Jibolata Hospital, Kakching under Thoubal district.
Chandel is located about 118 km from here.
The villagers from Lalbung were trying to stop construction of a house at Mantri Pantha saying that it encroached upon their land. There was a hot argument between the two groups before they clashed. The skirmish left 17 badly injured at the spot.
A team from Chandel Police Station rushed to the site and managed to quell the violent confrontation but still there were reports of tension between the two sides after the incident.
In another incident, unidentified people exploded two bombs at two private residences in Khumbujamba Meitei colony in Churachandpur district last night. However, no one was injured in the blasts, police said.
The explosions took place around 7 p.m. Not long after the first two incidents, a live bomb was found planted at another residence in the same village. No group has claimed responsibility so far.
A police bomb disposal squad retrieved the bomb and defused.
Four civilians, including one woman, were wounded in a bomb explosion occurred close to the post of 54th BSF Battalion near Light House in Churachandpur on April 12, 2015.
