Myanmar National Brought To Imphal With Bullet Injury Dies, Crowds Protest Outside Hospital

The man identified as Khohantum, a resident of Thanan village in Myanmar near the border with India, was brought to the hospital by the 8 Assam Rifles and the police from Kamjong district in northern Manipur, eight hours after he was shot

A 23-year-old Myanmar national with a bullet injury brought to a hospital in Manipur's capital Imphal died during treatment, the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) said in a statement today.

Soon, a large crowd gathered outside the hospital when they heard a Myanmar national had been admitted.

Amid the ethnic tension between the hill-majority Kuki tribes and the valley-majority Meiteis, and the allegation by the Meiteis that infiltration by illegal immigrants from Myanmar has been rising sharply, the situation between the crowds and the police turned chaotic, and the police responded by firing a few tear gas shells.