On the first day of the New Year, Manipur witnessed a surge in violence as armed attackers in Thoubal district killed four people and injured 14 others, according to the police. The incident occurred at Lilong Chingjao, where armed assailants opened fire on Monday evening following a dispute over the coercive collection of ransom from the local residents.

Around 8.20 pm, the deceased had a dinner at the outpost and a gunshot was heard, and before long, the lifeless body of Gandhi was lying in a pool of blood there, the sources added.

Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Monday came down heavily on the drug mafia and illegal immigrants for the ethnic strife that has rocked the state for months.

Days after the photo of two missing students who were murdered went viral on social media has resulted to fresh tension and a fresh round of violence in Manipur’s Imphal,