Manipur Violence Update: Curfew to be relaxed tomorrow for seven hours in Imphal West district

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Imphal West district to facilitate the general public to purchase essential items including medicine and food items, announced the DM Imphal West on Sunday. «The restriction of movement of general public outside their residences is hereby lifted from 05:00 AM to 12:00 noon of August 7, 2023 (Monday) for all areas of Imphal West District, » the notice read.

However, the movement of persons belonging to essential services such as Health, Electricity, PHED, Petrol Pumps, and Schools/Colleges. Municipality, Press and Electronic media, functioning of Courts, and to and fro movement of flight passengers to the airport shall be exempted from the imposition of a curfew.

The 0riginal prohibitory orders were sectioned under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for restriction of the movement of any person outside their respective residences since July 3, 2023 until further orders. Fresh violence was also reported from Imphal East district's Checkon area where a large commercial establishment was torched on Saturday, officials said.