The villagers of H Hengjang village in Kangpokpi District of Manipur, are demanding security protection from the State Government following incidents of an armed group forcing villagers to vacate their houses, reports East Mojo on February 12. The first incident was reported on the midnight of February 6, when an armed group of 10 or more people brandishing automatic assault rifles ambushed and ransacked one of the houses in the H Hengjang village, which has about 30 households with a population of 150. The armed group, identified as the Kuki National Liberation Army (KNLA), headed by Paotinthang alias Paotin Kipgen, one of the accused in the murder of Thangkhotinlet Kipgen in 2019, the then village head of K Hengjang, is behind the attack, the locals said. K Hengjang village chief Ngamkholal Kipgen said the armed group forcefully entered the village and threatened the armless villagers to vacate their houses and relocate to another location. The armed group then went on a rampage and terrified villagers, especially women and children, by openly firing a number of bullet rounds in the air. They even fired bullets at the vehicles parked nearby.