Altogether 17 people have been injured as a fresh conflict erupted at Kangvai and Phougakchao area in Bishnupur district on Thursday.It has been reported that Army and RAF personnel fired tear gas shells at the confict area.
As a precautionary measure to maintain law and order, the district magistrates of Imphal East and Imphal West also withdrew curfew relaxations earlier announced. On top of night curfew throughout the Imphal valley, restrictions have been imposed during the day.
Earlier today, a planned mass burial of Kuki-Zomi people killed in Manipur’s ethnic violence was stalled after the state’s High Court on Thursday morning ordered status quo to be maintained at the proposed burial site in Churachandpur district.
The ITLF, an apex tribal body, also said it was postponing the burial of 35 people at the site in Haolai Khopi village of Churachandpur district, on the border with Bishnupur.
Tension has been brewing since morning in Bishnupur district as thousands of locals came out on the streets to block the movement of security forces.
