Manipur: Woman shot dead in Imphal, face disfigured

A woman was shot dead and her face disfigured in Manipur's Imphal East, said a senior police official on Saturday. She was shot in her face in Sawombung area.

The security forces immediately rushed to the area and launched a search operation to nab the armed miscreants.

The woman in her mid-50s was shot in her face at her residence by some armed men, reported PTI, citing officials.


The area has been cordoned off and Manipur Police personnel were carrying out searches and raiding some of the houses in the nearby locality.

Statements of people around the incident area are being recorded, the officials said.

Belonging to the Maring Naga community, the woman, according to her neighbours, had some mental health issues.

At least 150 people have been killed and several hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3.