The Manipur Police on Sunday registered two zero first information reports in connection with the killing of two Kuki-Zo ‘village volunteers’ a day earlier, The Hindu reported citing unidentified police officials.
A zero first information report is one that is registered irrespective of the area where the offence may have taken place.
The two men – 23-year-old Kamminlal Lupheng from Maphoudam and 25-year-old Kamlengsat Lunkim from Bongjang – were shot dead in Kangpokpi district’s Phailengmol area on Saturday. Videos of their corpses being mutilated after the firing were shared widely on social media.
The term “village volunteers” has been used for armed civilians guarding villages since an ethnic conflict broke out between the state’s Kuki and Meitei communities in May. Eleven months on, 219 persons have been killed and 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes.
The first information reports in connection with Lupheng and Lunkim’s killing were…