Patna, (Bihar Times): Four Hindi-speaking labourers were killed and two injured in two separate attacks in Imphal East and Imphal West districts of Manipur on Tuesday.
Reports said that the gunmen first struck at Pourabi Huidrom in Imphal East, shooting two Hindi-speaking persons in the head around 2 in the afternoon. The police were yet to identify the victims.
The second attack came around 4 pm at Heinoubok under Lamphel police station of Imphal West. The police said two gunmen brought four labourers in a truck loaded with cement at Heinoubok and fired at them with small weapons from a close range. Two of them died on the spot while two others sustained injuries. The injured were admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in a critical condition.
Reports also said that all the police stations have been put on high alert and patrolling and frisking operations have been intensified. Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh met director-general of police Yumnam Joykumar Singh to discuss measures to prevent more killings. This is the first instance of major killings after the March last massacre of Hindi-speaking people in the state.
While it is extremely disturbing news for Bihari labourers who lost their precious lives in the course of earning a living for their loved once, the only solution is for the Bihar government to work tirelessly and find 100% job opportunities for labourers/job seekers in Bihar itself so that they should not move to other parts of country and got killed brutally, whereas the Constitution of India provides every right to its citizen to work, live and earn their living any part of India. The outlawed Manipuri rebels should be brought to justice and Manipur government must pay proper compensation to the bereaved family members of deceased.