Manipur Violence: Violence erupted again in Manipur with some protesters attempting self-immolation, following which curfew was imposed in several towns.
Manipur Voilence: After the arrest of the Meitei leader in Manipur, the protests are continuing which is turning violent. Violence took place in many districts on Saturday and this violence continued in many districts on Sunday as well. During this, the protesters demonstrated fiercely and committed arson by setting buses on fire and tried to commit self-immolation, after which internet services were suspended in many cities and curfew was imposed.
The protesters created a lot of ruckus
The incidents of violence increased a lot in Manipur violence on Sunday, due to which the situation seemed to be getting out of control. To control the situation, curfew was imposed in many cities and internet services were suspended, where the protesters demanded the release of the Meitei leader and clashed with the security forces and committed arson and also burnt many furniture. After this, some protesters tried to commit self-immolation, after which the law and order situation seemed to have completely deteriorated and internet services including curfew were shut down in many cities.
Internet services closed in these cities
Manipur violence: To maintain law and order, the government has suspended internet services in many cities, including Imphal West, Imphal East, Kakching Vishnupur and Thawal districts, mobile services have been cancelled, these services will remain closed for the next 5 days, apart from this curfew has also been imposed in these districts. This violence erupted after the arrest of volunteers of the Meitei group.
Manipur Violence took a violent turn after the arrest of five volunteers of the Meitei group in Manipur. Where people were extremely angry and they attacked the police post of Imphal West and demanded the release of the volunteers and carried out incidents of vandalism and arson, in which some civilians were injured during this.
The protesters demanded to free their leader
People of Meitei community in Manipur Voilence protested against this arrest and demanded to free their leader. This protest continued on Saturday after which it took a violent form on Sunday as well, where some people even tried to set themselves on fire by pouring diesel petrol on themselves. Most of these protesters are youths who are members of Meitei volunteer group.
Why and how did the Manipur violence start?
Manipur Violence started in May 2023, where violent clashes took place between two communities, including the majority Meitei and the minority Kuki, in which more than 130 people were killed and more than 400 people were injured. And more than 60,000 people were displaced. After this, action was taken by the administration and the army, paramilitary forces and police were sent for ceasefire.
During this, both the communities committed fierce violence and both the communities committed incidents of vandalism and arson. The reason for this violence is the demand of the Meitei community in Manipur where they want that like the Kuki, they should also be given the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the state.
