Ex-serviceman found dead in Manipur
Imphal, Sep 9: An ex-serviceman was found dead in Manipur's Imphal West district on Monday, police said.
The body of Lalboi Mate, who hailed from Motbung in Kangpokpi district, was found lying in a pool of blood in Sekmai area, a senior officer said.
Locals identified the body in the morning and informed the police.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the man possibly died of physical assault by unidentified miscreants," he said.
Meanwhile, a police statement said the five people, who were killed in Jiribam district on Saturday, were identified.
Three of them belonged to a militant group, while one was a village volunteer. Another person was an elderly man, it said.
One person was shot dead while he was asleep. Four others were killed in subsequent exchange of fire between people of two warring communities in Jiribam on September 7, according to the police statement.
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After arriving from Delhi, Shinde heads to his native village; Mahayuti meet likely on Sun
Mumbai(PTI): Outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who returned to Mumbai from New Delhi on Friday morning, is travelling to his native village in Satara district amid continuing suspense over his successor a week after the assembly poll results.
Shinde had told reporters in New Delhi on late Thursday night that the next meeting of the Mahayuti alliance on government formation will be held in Mumbai on Friday.
However, the caretaker CM, who heads the Shiv Sena, is travelling to his native village Dare in Satara district in western Maharashtra and the meeting is now expected to take place on Sunday, the sources said.
The Shiv Sena leader has repeatedly said he would not be an obstacle in the government formation and abide by the decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the next chief minister.
Different viewpoints are emerging in the Shiv Sena over Shinde's place in the next government to be headed by the BJP, the biggest constituent in the Mahayuti, which posted a thumping win in the just-held assembly polls.
Many leaders in the Shiv Sena are asking Shinde to accept deputy CM's post if offered by the BJP. However, another section feels it wouldn't be right for him to accept No. 2 position after serving as CM for more than two-and-a-half years, the sources said.
"The government formation process will start after the BJP announces its legislature party leader," they said.
During his Delhi trip, Shinde had met Shah and discussed formation of the next government in the state. His deputies in the outgoing state cabinet Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit Pawar (NCP) had also met the senior BJP leader.
Talking to reporters in the national capital, Shinde called the discussion “good and positive”.
Shinde, Fadnavis and Pawar had also met BJP president J P Nadda.
