Burnt stays of the godown of Manipur PHED Minister L Sushildro Meitei after it was set ablaze by a mob in the course of the persevering with ethnic unrest between Kuki and Meitei communities, at Chingarel in Imphal East district, on June 24, 2023.
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A bunch of individuals has set on hearth a non-public godown of Manipur Minister L. Susindro at Chingarel in Imphal East district, lowering it to ashes, police stated on June 24.
An try was additionally made to torch one other property of the Consumer and Food Affairs Minister and his residence at Khurai in the identical district on Friday evening however well timed intervention prevented it.
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Security forces fired a number of rounds of tear fuel shells until midnight to stop the mob from gheraoing his Khurai residence, police stated.
No casualty was reported within the incident.
Burnt stays of the godown of Manipur PHED Minister L. Sushildro Meitei after it was set ablaze by a mob in the course of the persevering with ethnic unrest between Kuki and Meitei communities, at Chingarel in Imphal East district, on June 24, 2023.
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Earlier, the official quarters of the State’s lady minister Nemcha Kipgen at Lamphel space in Imphal West district was set on hearth by unidentified folks on the evening of June 14. A home belonging to Union Minister R.Ok. Ranjan Singh was attacked and makes an attempt have been made to burn it down the subsequent day.
More than 100 folks have misplaced their lives and a lot of homes have been torched rendering many individuals homeless within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities within the northeastern State thus far.
Clashes first broke out on May three after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest towards the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
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Meiteis account for about 53% of Manipur’s inhabitants and stay principally within the Imphal Valley. Tribals — Nagas and Kukis — represent one other 40% of the inhabitants and reside within the hill districts.
