
On 29 May 2026, Nitish Kumar, a 57-year-old truck driver from Hooghly, West Bengal, was transporting food and essential supplies to the residents of Ukhrul District in Manipur. He never made it. As a convoy of FCI trucks and LPG tankers escorted by Manipur Police, CRPF, BSF and RAF moved towards Ukhrul, armed Kuki militants …