Imphal, Mar 23 (PTI) A woman received a gunshot wound after suspected miscreants allegedly opened fire in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday, officials said.
The woman was injured on her leg during the firing at Mongkot Chepu village, a Kuki habitation in the Tangkhul Naga-majority district, they said.
She was given first aid before being shifted to Kangpokpi district for further treatment, they said, adding that her condition was stated to be out of danger.
Community group Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul, said the incident happened around 1 pm when villagers, including women, were engaged in routine agricultural activities in fields located a few hundred metres from the main settlement.
The organisation alleged that suspected armed volunteers opened fire from a hilltop. PTI CORR SOM
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