A civilian was shot at by
unidentified gunmen today at Aimol Kombirei village in Manipur's Chandel district, a police official said.
The victim, identified as Rengmei belonging to the Aimol community, was sitting inside his vehicle parked beside the road when the unknown persons open fired at him, the official said.
The 32-year-old man is being treated at a private nursing home in Imphal and is said to be in a critical condition, the sources said.
Today's incident is the second episode this month in the vicinity of Pallel area after the March 1 violence, during which a Kuki school teacher succumbed to injuries after being brutally thrashed by suspected NSCN (IM) cadres, the officer said.
