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Imphal: A protest staged by locals of Naoremthong area of Imphal West district on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting of people in the locality that killed a worker and injured two others on Saturday night.
On Saturday night, around 8 pm, three workers of Keystone Private Limited engaged in the construction of Imphal Sewerage Project at Naoremthong under Lamphel police station of Imphal West district when armed miscreants were on a shooting spree.
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One of the workers later identified as Shree Ram Hangsada from Jharkhand state succumbed to bullet injuries while the other two workers hailing from the same state with the deceased are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Imphal.
Local sources said that some miscreants who came in a car shot them after whisking away the three workers around 7:30 pm from the makeshift camp of the workers and Avon dined them on the bank of Nambul River at Naoremthong Khulem Leikai on Saturday night.
Shortly after the shooting incident, top officials of the state police including an IG rushed to the spot and took ground zero stock of the situation.
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With additional forces from the Imphal West district police headquarters, the police also conducted a massive search operation in the nearby localities to nab the culprits.
Further, the police commandos also conducted a search operation at several places in Paona Bazar and Thangal Bazar of Imphal.
However, there were no reports of arrest or picking up any suspect during the operations.
Meanwhile, locals of Naoremthong area today staged a sit-in-protest at their locality against the shooting incident.
While strongly condemning the shooting of innocent workers, the locals demanded clarification if any armed rebel group was involved in the shooting.
Alleging that the shootout has created fear and panic to the residents, they also appealed to all concerned people not to repeat such an incident.
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