Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, a nonmigratory of Loitang Khunou colony successful Imphal West, near location connected Monday day to study for enactment astatine the Leimakhong Army Camp successful Kangpokpi. He has been missing since then. (File Image)
Tension was palpable connected Tuesday successful parts of the Imphal West territory that borders Kangpokpi aft a 55-year-old antheral belonging to the Meitei assemblage remained missing for much than 24 hours, officials said.
Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, a nonmigratory of Loitang Khunou colony successful Imphal West, near location connected Monday day to study for enactment astatine the Leimakhong Army Camp successful Kangpokpi. He has been missing since then, they said.
His mobile telephone has been switched off, they added.
“A associated hunt cognition by the constabulary and the Army is underway for him,” a constabulary serviceman said.
According to his family, Singh did menial jobs astatine the Leimakhong Army Camp, located 16 km distant from the authorities superior and surrounded by Kuki-dominated areas.
Meiteis who lived adjacent Leimakhong person fled the country since the onset of the taste unit that has claimed implicit 250 lives since May past year.
Meanwhile, a ample fig of radical from Singh’s colony connected the mode to Leimakhong to cognize his whereabouts were stopped by information forces adjacent Kanto Sabal to forestall an escalation of the situation, constabulary said.
After being stopped, the mob blocked the roadworthy with rocks, they said.
“The roadworthy to Leimakhong has been barricaded to forestall civilian question without authorisation,” a constabulary serviceman said.