Manipur continues to be on the boil with fresh violence breaking out in Churachandpur district where a mob of around 300-400 people tried to storm the office of the Superintendent of Police late Thursday night over the suspension of a police constable who was seen in a viral video interacting with armed miscreants.
The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) on Wednesday organised a massive protests rally in Manipur's Churachandpur demanding fulfilment of its core demands and also raising demand of investigations by CBI or NIA into killings and acts of violence against 22 persons of Kuki-zo tribes.
Thousands of students under the banner of Joint Student Body (JSB) on Saturday held a massive protest rally against the educational negligence of the Kuki-Zo tribal students of Manipur.
Four months after ethnic violence in Manipur, 37-year-old Ronald Meisnam lost his cool after seeing two contrasting photos: one of his native home at Mandop Leikai, a Meitei locality at Churachandpur district headquarters where he was born and brought up, and the other of the land after his house was completely demolished.
Superintendent of Police of Churachandpur, Karthik Malladi, on Tuesday announced the deployment of additional security forces in the region to deter any potential anti-social activities.
At least eight people, including a tribal song composer and a village defence volunteer, lost their lives and at least 20 others were injured in Manipur’s Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts till Thursday after a gun fight between Kukis and Meiteis started three days ago. According to reports, two people died in Meitei-majority Bishnupur district on Thursday, while three died in adjoining Kuki-Zo-dominated Churachandpur district.
A four-member delegation of the CPI-M led by party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury arrived in ethnically strife-torn Manipur for two days starting Friday.