Assam Rifles apprehend key accused in 2023 abduction-murder of two Meitei students
The Assam Rifles have arrested a key suspect in the abduction and murder of two Meitei students in Manipur. The accused, Nokjaging Baite Kuki, has been linked to multiple violent incidents and was apprehended while in possession of firearms. His arrest follows significant protests and unrest in the region related to the students' deaths.
- ▪Nokjaging Baite Kuki was apprehended on May 22, 2024, in Churachandpur.
- ▪He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence, and abduction.
- ▪The CBI issued a non-bailable warrant against him on June 26, 2024.
- ▪Over 260 people have died since ethnic violence erupted in Manipur on May 3, 2023.
- ▪Kuki was under the influence of alcohol at the time of his arrest.
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The Assam Rifles have apprehended a key member of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an insurgent group active in Manipur’s Churachandpur, who is wanted for the alleged abduction and murder of two Meitei students in July 2023, a senior government official said.Photos of the bodies of the two students surfaced on social media two months after their deaths in September 2023, leading to massive protests leaving scores of people, mostly students, injured.Also read: CBI arrests key accused in Manipur students’ murder caseThe accused, identified as Nokjaging Baite Kuki, alias Tiger (38), was apprehended on May 22 from Ngathal village in Churachandpur and has been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency probing the killing of the two students.A CBI court in…
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