A police official said that shops, markets, business establishments, government and non-government offices, banks, and educational institutions were closed due to the shutdown, while most vehicles, except those of security forces, went off the roads
The latest violence occurred in the villages of Serou, Moljol, Rashidpur, and Nungchappi in Jiribam district, near southern Assam, with intermittent firing continuing until 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The abrupt attack by the suspected militants has caused widespread tension, and panic leading to the fleeing of many villagers, including women, children, and elderly persons, to take shelter in safer places.
Protest rallies erupted in the streets of Imphal with thousands of students sloganeering against the kidnapping and killing of two youths for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
The toll in the violence that broke out at Pallel in Manipur's Tengnoupal district rose to three with a 37-year-old man succumbing to his injuries while undergoing treatment
Firing between security forces and armed men has been reported from Pallel area of Manipur's Tengnoupal district since early hours of Friday, officials said
Two persons succumbed to splinter injuries in Manipur over the past 12 hours even as heavy gunbattle between two groups was reported from Khoirentak foothills
COCOMI on Sunday announced indefinite social boycott to the Manipur government in protest against state government's delay in convening the assembly session
Manipur Police has suspended five police personnel including the station incharge of the area where the incident of two women being stripped had taken place on May 4
