Three villagers sustained bullet injuries when a scuffle broke out between villagers of Singda Erang and Singda Kuki over land dispute in Senapati district under Sapermeina police station at around 9 last night.
A member of the victims’ family said that the scuffle broke out when some villagers of Singda Kuki village demolished a newly constructed house of Singda Erang yesterday evening. When irate villagers of Singda Erang went to Singda Kuki village to enquire about the reason for demolition of the house, an argument ensued leading to a scuffle in which 3 persons were hit by bullets. Later Sapermeina police managed to control the mob and the injured persons were rushed to RIMS hospital for treatment.
The injured persons has been identified as Hokison (18) son of ML Adang who sustained injuries on both the legs and chest, Wisdam (22) son of Masenbo injured on right thigh and N Boipu (25) son of (L) Ningthoujam Sarat. The three injured persons are from Singda Erang.
