The Manipur government has suspended internet services in Churachandpur district for five days following violent incidents. Mob storms DC, SP offices and torched vehicles. Internet suspended. Read more.
The clashes broke out after a Tribal Solidarity March was organized in the ten hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The Army today held a flag march in violence-hit areas in Manipur amid an ongoing protest by tribal groups over a court order on their Scheduled Tribe status.
According to the state home department, the incident generated a stressful communal situation as well as a volatile law and order scenario in the state.
The administration has imposed Section 144 CrPC in the Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts for the next two months.