In a fresh bout of violence over an alleged attack on a member of the Tangkhul Naga community in Ukhrul, Imphal, Manipur, several abandoned houses were torched and fired at on Tuesday morning, prompting the state government Suspension of internet service Police said in the district for five days.
Security personnel are deployed after a property in Ukhrul’s Liton village on Monday following violent clashes between the Tangkhul and Kuki tribes. (ANI Video Grab)A day after two Tangkhul Naga organizations restricted the movement of Kukis in Ukhrul and Kamjong districts, fresh firing and arson occurred in Litan Sareikhong area.
“Armed men set fire to abandoned houses and fired several rounds at Litan Sarekhong. The situation is still tense, and security forces are trying to bring the situation under control,” said a police official.
D Manipur The government on Tuesday ordered suspension of internet, including services through broadband, VPN and Visat, for five days in the revenue jurisdiction of Ukhrul district as a preventive and precautionary measure, he said.
Locals, who fled their residences, confronted security forces for allegedly failing to stop firing in the area.
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A video clip that has gone viral on social media shows thick smoke engulfing the mountainous area.
Another official said hundreds of Kuki and Tangkhul Naga villagers, mostly women, children and the elderly, have been fleeing Litan Sareikhong and neighboring Kuki villages to safety in Kangpokpi and Ukhrul districts for the past two days.
“Several villagers have taken shelter in parts of Motbung and Saikul in the Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district,” he said.
Manipur Minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Monday that at least 21 houses have been burnt and the situation remains tense.
He also said that additional security forces have been deployed in the area to control the situation.
Meanwhile, two drivers, who were stranded after their truck broke down in Lamlai Chingfei Kuki village under Litan police station limits, were rescued on Monday, another police official said.
Two Tangkhul Naga organizations, Katho Long and Katho Katamnao Long, banned the movement of kukis in Ukhrul and neighboring Kamjong districts.
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