SAA event in Manipur, Lasan, Tamenglong District area, India on Wed 23rd September 2026

On September 23, a 36-year-old electric lineman, Paojangam Chongloi, was shot dead while repairing a 33-kilovolt power line at Lasan village under Tamei Police Station in Tamenglong District, Manipur, reports India TodayNE. A village authority filed a complaint seeking registration of a Zero First Information Report (FIR), alleging involvement of cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and volunteers from Langka village. Separately, armed miscreants reportedly attacked Makui Khuman and Makui Thanamba/Chamruioiu villages under Chalwa Police Station in Kangpokpi District and set 24 houses ablaze. The affected villages, which had around 12 households each, had reportedly been abandoned following earlier Kuki-Naga clashes.