Protest against High Court's order on Scheduled Tribe (ST) for Meities turns violent in Manipur.
The government of Manipur imposed a curfew on 16 districts and has suspended mobile internet service for the upcoming 5 days, effective immediately from Tuesday after a mass rally organized by ATSUM (All Tribal Student's Union Manipur) turned violent in bordering areas of Bishnupur & Churachandpur.
The name of the rally was " solidarity march", on Wednesday 03 May 2023, the rally that was organized in Churachandpur district turned violent when the demonstrator clashed with a group bordering the Bishnupur district.
Following the violent clash, the CM of Manipur N Biren Singh said that the incident was the result of "Prevailing misunderstanding between two communities.
As the Indian Army and central paramilitary forces were deployed to control the situation., The Army staged a flag march in the violence-hit state on Thursday morning. As per reports, the Indian army and the Assam Riffles undertook major rescue operations to evacuate more than 7500 civilians.
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Paromita Bhattacharjee,
BONGAIGAON TIMES
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