JD-U candidate Wahengbam Rohit Singh shot at, injured in Manipur

By Express News Service

IMPHAL: Unidentified miscreants in Manipur fired at a candidate of Janata Dal (United), leaving him grievously injured.

The police stated the incident occurred Saturday midnight when the sufferer, Wahengbam Rohit Singh who’s contesting from the Kshetrigao seat within the Imphal Valley, was returning residence after his poll-related actions.

Three bullets hit him. He was admitted to the ICU of a non-public hospital within the state capital of Imphal.

The miscreants had come from two completely different instructions using two bikes. Before the safety personnel accompanying Singh, and his supporters may react, the assailants fled the scene.

Singh’s relations and supporters stated he was focused as he stood a superb probability of profitable the polls.

The police stated they had been probing the incident however the supporters of the candidate took to the streets demanding motion in opposition to the perpetrators of the crime.

Kshetrigao will go to first-phase polls on Monday.

There have been a collection of poll-related violence in Manipur prior to now two months.