{"id":224475,"date":"2023-09-18T01:01:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=224475"},"modified":"2023-09-18T01:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:31:57","slug":"army-soldier-abducted-killed-in-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/army-soldier-abducted-killed-in-manipur\/","title":{"rendered":"Army soldier abducted, killed in Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IMPHAL, 17 Sep:<\/strong> The body of an Indian Army soldier was found in Khuningthek village in Manipur&#8217;s Imphal East district on Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was identified as sepoy Serto Thangthang Kom of the Army&#8217;s Defence Security Corps platoon in Leimakhong in Kangpokpi district, they said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He hailed from Tarung in Imphal West, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to officials, unidentified armed men abducted Kom, who was on leave, from his home at around 10 am on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to his 10-year-old son, who was the only eyewitness to the crime, three men entered their home while his father and he were working on the porch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The armed men placed a pistol on the sepoy&#8217;s head and forced him into a white vehicle before fleeing the spot,&#8221; officials said, quoting his son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There was no news of sepoy Kom till Sunday early morning. Around 9:30 am, his body was found in Khuningthek village, east of Mongjam, under Sogolmang PS in Imphal East. His identity was confirmed by his brother and brother-in-law, who said that the soldier had a single bullet wound on his head,&#8221; officials added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kom is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last rites will be conducted as per the wishes of the family, officials said, adding that the Army has rushed a team to assist the bereaved family. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPHAL, 17 Sep: The body of an Indian Army soldier was found in Khuningthek village in Manipur&#8217;s Imphal East district on Sunday, officials said. He was identified as sepoy Serto Thangthang Kom of the Army&#8217;s Defence Security Corps platoon in Leimakhong in Kangpokpi district, they said. He hailed from Tarung in Imphal West, officials said. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}