Overview

• Hoikholhing Haokip, wife of Langchingmanbi’s village chief, was killed in crossfire during a security operation after Ningthoujam Biren Singh, a Meitei farmer, was shot in Bishnupur district.
• Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum lifted its indefinite Churachandpur shutdown after district officials and the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry signed a customary law accord over Haokip’s death.
• Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry admitted responsibility and provided ₹10 lakh in compensation along with ₹1.5 lakh worth of ceremonial items under tribal law.
• The Defence Ministry denied any Indian Army role in the settlement, calling suggestions to the contrary false and baseless.
• ITLF has demanded identification and punishment of those responsible and is pressing for a judicial inquiry into the crossfire incident.