From Our Correspondent
GUWAHATI: Unidentified assailants shot dead a former militant in Imphal West in Manipur on Saturday morning while he was taking a morning walk with his dog nearby a small hill.
The deceased was identified as a former self-styled commander, Soraisam Modhuchandra Singh, aged 44, of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamphel Group) who surrendered in 2017.
He was taking a walk around 6am on Saturday at Thangmeiband Watham Leikai in Imphal West.
According to witnesses, Singh was walking along the road when unidentified assailants in a diesel auto-rickshaw stopped near him and shot him several times from point blank range before speeding away. He died on the spot.
Imphal West police and forensic experts found six bullets marks on his upper back and one on his legs. Empty casing and used bullets were collected from the site. The body was sent to RIMS for postmortem and a case was registered at Imphal West police station.
Meanwhile, proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) in a press release has claimed responsibility for killing. The UNLF in its statement said Modhuchandra was shot for acting against the armed struggle for independence. They also warned of similar fate to all surrendered militants if they plot against any outfit fighting for independence.
