Imphal, June 17: Additional CRPF troopers have been deployed in the interior areas of Manipur’s Borobekra subdivision to maintain peace and tranquility.

After the killing of 59-year-old farmer Soibam Saratkumar Singh on June 6, the Borobekra subdivision of Jiribam, adjoining southern Assam was affected.

The Jiribam district administration on Sunday distributed cooking gas cylinders and other necessary items in the seven relief camps, where around 1,000 people, mostly belonging to the Meitei community, have taken shelter after the violence.

Around 900 tribals belonging to the Kuki and Hmar communities took shelter at the homes of relatives and friends in two villages – Haokippunji and Hmarkhawlienin – in the Cachar district of southern Assam, after violence broke out.

Movement of goods trucks and LPG-carrying vehicles has commenced along the Imphal-Jiribam National Highway (NH-37) from Saturday under the protection of a CRPF convoy.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress has demanded an immediate end to the ethnic crisis in Jiribam, which has led to the displacement of about 1,600 people.

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