Three top Manipuri militant leaders killed in Chin State

31 May 2021
Three top Manipuri militant leaders killed in Chin State
(File) PREPAK

Three top leaders belonging to Manipur’s proscribed outfit, People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), were reportedly killed in an intra- group rivalry in their hideouts in Myanmar.

PREPAK’s ‘acting chairman’ Khumujam Ratan, ‘organisation secretary’ Mayengbam Joychand and another leader Rajkumar Ramananda were allegedly killed in Chin state in an intra- group conflict.

The three leaders were allegedly killed at the behest of another top leader, Aheiba Angom, who had “embezzled” more than Rs 5 crore of the outfit’s funds, The slain leaders had reportedly ordered an inquiry into these financial irregularities leading to their killings.