Manipur: Mob tries to attack CM N Biren Singh’s ancestral house, situation in Imphal valley calm but tense. Top updates
PTI, “Two groups of people came from different directions and approached the house but they were stopped around 100-150 metres away from it." 7. The authorities switched off the electricity connection in the entire area to help reduce the visibility of the protestors. More barricades were added to the previous ones near the house, while the protestors also burnt tyres in the middle of the nearby road.
Ambulances were also seen advancing near the spot but till now there is no report of injury to any side. 8. As per an official order, the Manipur government on Thursday constituted a committee to verify complaints of alleged use of excessive force on protesters, mainly students, by security forces here over the last two days.
9. The forces discussed on using minimum force in dealing with the public, especially students. Appealing to the students to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in maintaining peace and bringing normalcy back early, the police said as quoted by PTI, “Any miscreants taking advantage of the current situation will be firmly dealt with by police." 10.
More than 20 MLAs of Manipur, currently camping in Delhi, have urged the Centre to take action against those behind the kidnapping and killing of two youths in the restive state. The legislators have also urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that the CBI probe is expedited. Meanwhile, more than 180 people have been killed and several hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status.
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