Imphal, April 22 -- A cadre of the Manipur People's Army (MPA), the armed wing of the United National Liberation Front - Pambei (UNLF-P), died of bullet injuries after a gun the colleague cadre was cleaning went off incidentally.

The MPA/UNLF-P, which is demanding sovereignty of Manipur, is currently engaged in peace talks with the government of India.

Naorem Thoujal-heiba, 29, succumbed to his injuries when a fellow cadre misfired the gun on April 20, according to a press release issued by the outfit's Department of Publicity and Education Director Charairongba Thokchom

The Pambei-led UNLF/MPA deeply condoled the untimely demise of its Local Cadre (LC) Naorem Thoujal-heiba alias Anand and extended revolutionary salutes to the departed...