Fresh ethnic tensions erupted in Manipur's Imphal West district after miscreants torched several abandoned Meitei houses. Security forces deployed tear gas to disperse an advancing mob of 600 people, averting a major communal clash. Two individuals have been arrested.
During a search operation at Phougakchao Mamang Leikai area near the banks of Khuga river in Bishnupur district, security forces seized huge cache of arms and ammunition
Militants belong to Imphal East, Imphal West, Kakching and Thoubal districts. One 9mm pistol, a magazine, 11 live rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades, and three mobile phones, were seized from their possession
Kharge alleged that it has been 16 months since Manipur has been engulfed in violence, but the BJP's 'double engine' government has done nothing to mitigate it.
