IT News
Imphal, April 1,
Maoist Communist Party Manipur, an armed rebel group operating in the state claimed responsibility of the firing incident that the party alleged to have occurred at the residential complex of Shijagurumayum Naba Sharma at Kongpal Kaidem Leikai in Imphal East on March 23 evening. The statement however said that the gun shot was not an attack to Shijagurumayum Naba Sharma but accidentally falls at his residential complex while on mission for protection of the regional party called MPP (Manipur Peoples’ Party).
The rebel group in a statement said that the party started attacking to protect the regional political party and not because it has any relation or connection with the party, but because the party felt it important to protect all regional force.
It said that on the day, that is on March 23, 7 cadres of the outfit in two team were on a mission to award capital punishment to a person who malign the name of the regional party with small guns at Kongpal Khaidem Leikai. While on mission a team of the party question a common man while asking about a person following which some argument occurred between the two. As a result of the argument the person was taken along with them to find the person that the cadre were looking for and asked him to identify any persons from the family members of the person that they were looking for. At the time the person shouted to run away to a person coming on the way. The person escaped towards the residence of Shijagurumayum Naba Sharma. While chasing the person the cadres of the Maoist fire three round of gunshots and accidentally landed on the residential complex of Shijagurumayum Naba Sharma, the statement said. The firing was occurred in the mission to clean the individuals wearing marks of the MPP.
The Manipur Maoist further said that they have now identified who are real workers of the MPP and who are trying to sabotage the image of the regional force. It said those who trying to malign the image of the party have been identified and the party will not spare them as appeal to surrender to the party have not been listened by them.
Maoist statement however said that it will not interfere the internal affairs of the MPP but in its mission to groom the regional force Maoist now left with no choice but to clean those wearing mask of the MPP.
