A curfew was imposed in Imphal West and Imphal East in violence-hit Manipur and internet services were suspended in seven districts as fresh protests erupted in the Valley districts against the killing of six people, whose bodies were found in Jiribam after they were kidnapped allegedly by militants.
Internet was suspended in Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Kakching, Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts for two days given the current situation in the northeastern state. Large-scale violence was reported in parts of the Imphal Valley districts as mobs stormed the residences of several MLAs and destroyed property.
A group of people attacked Sapam Nishikant Singh’s home and destroyed the gate and bunkers built in front of the gate. The same mob stormed MLA RK Imo’s home in Sagolband in Imphal West district and burnt furniture and shattered windows.
Protests were witnessed in Imphal’s Khwairamband Keithel over the kidnapping and murder of six people – three women and three children. Their bodies were found near a river in the remote village of Jirimukh in Jiribam district along the Manipur-Assam border on Friday evening, sources said on Saturday.
The bodies were brought to Assam’s Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) on Friday night and kept at the hospital’s morgue for postmortem.
The three women and three children who lived in a relief camp went missing after a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jiribam district on Monday, with Meitei organisations alleging that they were kidnapped by militants.
