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Imphal: A person was killed and another wounded as miscreants opened fire towards them at Ngarouthel village under Heirok police station of Thoubal district in Manipur last night, official reports said on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Ningthoujam Ramesh alias Rishang Singh (65) of Heirok Tourangbam Leikai. He had bullet injury marks on his right side of the belly. He succumbed to the bullet injuries on the way to a hospital in Imphal after first aid at Thoubal district hospital.
The injured person was identified as Ningthoujam Kala Singh (60) of the same village. With bullet injuries on his right thigh, he has been admitted at a hospital in Imphal, the report also said.
Local reports said that armed miscreants opened fire toward the village last night, around 9 pm.
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In another news, two persons abducted by armed men were rescued by the Indian Army who responded quickly on receiving the news on Thursday, according to police.
The two persons rescued safely by the Army have been identified as Loitonjam Kuber (54) of Kanto Sabal and Louriyam Nilakanta @ Sanathoi (23) of the same village.
Reports said that the armed men abducted the two men from Premnagar, a village close to the Leimakhong Army Camp under Sekmai police station of Imphal West district bordering Kangpokpi district where they went to collect paddy this morning.
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Nilakanta is an auto-rickshaw driver and his auto-rickshaw was hired by Kuber to transport paddy from his abandoned house at Premnagar this morning, around 6.30 am.
As told by the two rescued persons to a local TV channel, two armed youths appeared all of a sudden and detained them while asking the reason behind their visit to the village.
After some minutes, a group of armed persons came down from the hill after the two youths contacted them over phone.
The armed miscreants took them to a house in a neighboring village where they were kept there with hands tied in the back with ropes and blindfolding them.
After sometime a team of Army reportedly from Leimakhong Army arrived there and rescued them, they told the TV channel.
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