Manipur violence spiked in three phases

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

home ministry sources. An analysis of 85-day data reveals that the first spike was seen from May 3-6 in which 59 people were killed, the second was from May 25-31 in which 28 people died and the third was from June 12-29. The ethnic violence has killed nearly 150 people, injured over 500 and displaced more than 50,000. The sources claimed that prices of essential commodities didn’t overshoot because the Centre ensured goods supply and security of highways. The blockades in the past were much severe, the sources said, adding: “In 2011, when the blockade lasted for 123 days, petrol prices had skyrocketed to Rs 200 and LPG cylinders to up to Rs 2,000 in the black market”. After the July 19 viral video, Manipur Police arrested five suspects. The home ministry has ordered a CBI probe into the incident and requested the Supreme Court to transfer the trial of the case outside Manipur.

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Manipur Police has till July 27 arrested as many as 252 suspects and placed 12,740 in preventive detention. “Additional security forces have been deployed; 124 companies and 184 columns of Army and Assam Rifles, respectively, have been stationed. Police has informed that 5,101 cases of arson have been reported and 6,065 FIRs have been registered. Out of them, seven cases, including the viral video one, are being probed by CBI’s SIT. As on July 24, 361 relief camps are operational in hills and valley, where about 57,000 people are