Woman succumbs to bullet injury ; Strike called along NH-102

Imphal, June 01 2015 : A 55 year old woman from Aimol village who received bullet injury last night in Assam Rifles personnel’s succumbed to her injury at Shija hospital today morning around 2 .

The deceased woman has been identified as Ruisoting alias Mary (55) w/o Babudhon of Aimol Satu village under Tengnoupal PS.

She is said to be the chairperson of Aimol Numei Waar (Women’s organisation) .

Meanwhile, the JAC formed in connection with the death of M Ruisoting Aimol has called a general strike along NH-102 from midnight of June 2 .

A statement issued by the JAC did not however mention the duration of the proposed strike.

The JAC has also decided not to claim the body unless the culprits involved in the incident are booked and handed over to the JAC within 24 hours.

The body has been deposited at JNIMS morgue for post mortem examination.

The post mortem examination is expected to be conducted tomorrow at JNIMS morgue in the presence of a Duty Magistrate with full video coverage.

A reliable source said that the incident occurred when 20 Assam Rifles personnel went to Aimol Satu village last night as part of a follow up operation which the AR men had carried out in the morning.

Womenfolk of the villagers protested when the AR personnel tried to take away one youth from the village.

Amidst the protest, the AR men took the man and tried to get away from the spot in their Gypsy.

However, after running for some distances the AR vehicle met with a mishap.

Taking chance of the accident, the womenfolk made another attempt to snatch the man from the vehicle.

The AR jawans then fired several round of gunfire to control the locals and to disperse them.

In the melee, a woman sustained bullet injury.

She was later evacuated from the village and taken to Imphal for treatment but succumbed to her injury at Shija Hospital at around 2 am today.

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