Manipur, earlier this month, had seen violent clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities that left at least 70 dead, more than 200 injured and thousands displaced.
It is reported that some miscreants who came down from the hillside towards Molngat foothill/Tronglaobi had burned three houses in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The man who died in the violence was one of two who had been injured when suspected militants opened fire in the Thamnapokpi foothills of Bishnupur district on Wednesday morning. He later died at a hospital in Imphal.