Imphal/IBNS: Three children and three women have been missing from Manipur's Jiribam since Monday following an encounter between suspected Kuki insurgents and the security forces, which saw the elimination of 10,

At least 10 suspected Kuki insurgents were shot dead in an encounter with the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam district today.

Police say they recovered several weapons and that 3 CRPF men were injured in the incident. Kuki groups say the men were not militants, but 'village defence volunteers'.

Suspected Kuki militants burnt to death two Meitei people in Jiribam region of Manipur, media reports said. The two dead people are aged 76 and 54. Kuki militants also abducted three women aged 60, 31, and 25 and three children aged eight, two and a half years, and an eight-month-old, reported UNI news agency.

Several civil society groups and student organisations of the Kuki tribes have condemned what they call "barbaric actions" of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a day after 10 men from the Kuki tribes were killed in Manipur's Jiribam district.

( MENAFN - IANS) Imphal, Nov 11 (IANS) At least 11 suspected Kuki were gunned down in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Manipur's Jiribam district on Monday after they attacked a camp of the paramilitary force, officials said.

In response to Monday's gunfight in Manipur's Jiribam district, the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) has issued a notice stating that "no CRPF personnel shall

Kuki-Zo council called for a “total shutdown” to protest the encounter of 11 militants, who it claimed as “village volunteers”.