Manipur: CBI files chargesheet against 7 in Assam in arms loot case

Guwahati: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against seven accused before the court of Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate in Guwahati, Assam.

The chargesheet pertains to the large-scale theft of weapons and ammunition from the 2nd Indian Reserve Battalion headquarters in Manipur's Bishnupur district on August 3, 2023.

The accused in the case are Laishram Prem Singh, Khumukcham Dhiren (alias Thapkpa), Moirangthem Anand Singh, Athokpam Kajit (alias Kishorjit), Loukrakpam Michael Mangangcha (alias Michael), Konthoujam Romojit Meitei (alias Romojit), and Keisham Johnson (alias Johnson).

According to the charge sheet, on August 3 last year, a mob looted over 300 weapons, nearly 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and other military equipment from the battalion headquarters.

A crowd had gathered there to march towards Churachandpur where tribals were planning to carry out a mass burial of their people killed in the ethnic clashes that broke out in Manipur on May 3 last year.