: Manipur: College student shot dead, father injured in poll-related violence in Thoubal district #IndiaNEWS An college student was shot dead and his father injured in Manipur’s Thoubal district in

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Manipur: College student shot dead, father injured in poll-related violence in Thoubal district #IndiaNEWS
An college student was shot dead and his father injured in Manipur’s Thoubal district in poll-related violence on Wednesday, reported PTI. Assembly elections will be held in the state early next year. Superintendent of Police H Jogeshchandra told reporters that around 1 pm on Wednesday, few unidentified masked gunmen barged into the home of the student, Ningthoujam Rohit, and tried to abduct his elder brother. Rohit’s brother had been involved in an altercation between two political parties, the police officer said. Jogeshchandra said that as Rohit and his father, Ningthoujam Premchandra, tried to stop the gunmen, they opened fire at them. Rohit, a student of Thoubal College, died on his way to a hospital. Premchandra has been admitted to the hospital, reported The Indian Express.In a police complaint, Ningthoujam Roshan, the brother of the deceased, alleged that Rohit and his father were shot at by a man named Thokchom Putro Singh. Roshan also named five other people who had allegedly accompanied Singh.“This is a dastardly and cowardly act,� Rohit’s aunt told EastMojo. “We will not let this matter rest until the criminals are booked. This is not a fair political campaign, but a murderous one.� The police said that they have filed a first information report and were trying to identify...Read more

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