IMPHAL, June 29: The personal secretary officer (PSO) of parliamentary secretary MOB and SC, Amin Shah, was rushed to the Advance Hospital Palace Compound late this evening with multiple stab injuries.
The PSO identified as Khalif Shah, 30, of Top Khongnangkhong was stabbed during a commotion.
Doctors have however, stated him to be out of danger.
He was travelling along with the parliamentary secretary in the latter’s Bolero when the incident occurred at Wangkhei Thangapat Machin near YVO ground.
Sources revealed that the incident occurred around 8.10pm when their Bolero jeep (bearing registration no. MN04A-7155) collided with a van (bearing registration no, MNO1-8991) at the crossing of Thangapat near YVO ground.
Soon after the collision, the PSO entered into a heated argument with the van driver. The argument turned ugly when the PSO took out his service weapon brandishing it at the van driver, sources said.
The PSO’s action attracted the locals resulting in a commotion even as the parliamentary secretary was sitting inside the Bolero.
During the commotion, the PSO was stabbed and his weapon snatched away, informed the source.
He was rushed to the hospital with injuries on his abdomen, head and left hand however hospital authority informed that he is out of danger.
While the driver of the van is still absconding, the service weapon of the PSO is yet to be recovered till the filing of this report. A case has been registered at the Porompat Police with regards to the incident.