The United Naga Council (UNC) has vehemently condemned the “heinous crime” allegedly committed by an unruly mob against four Tangkhul Naga girls at Imphal’s Kwakeithel Bazaar on May 24.
The Centre has done well to intervene to quell the violence, looting, and arson in Manipur last week by imposing Article 355 of the Constitution in the state
Torched in its entirety during the ethnic violence that has rocked Manipur over the last three days, the neighbourhood’s residents have all fled. In the area, just metres away from Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s official residence, there is no sign of life
Violence has broken out across BJP-ruled Manipur between the Meiteis and Kukis. The government in the northeast state has issued a shoot-at-sight order and has snapped mobile internet to defuse tensions and control the spiralling violence.