One killed and another sustained injured in police firing on Sunday night, when a group of protestors vandalized public properties and Offices of the political parties in Jiribam ’s Babupura, Manipur.
According to reports, the incident occurred during 11 pm on Sunday night, when some protestors, vandalized properties of public properties and BJP, Congresses offices at Babupura, Jiribam, Manipur.
Officials said they took out furniture, papers, and other items from the buildings and set them on fire in front.
“A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that was vandalising properties in Manipur’s Jiribam district,” police said on Monday.
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The deceased identified as K Athouba age 20 and injured identified as K Bishan age 26. The worsening situation, amid ongoing ethnic violence, led the state government to shut down schools and extend the curfew for two more days until Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the protest erupted after six dead bodies of Meitei people suspected to be missing people who abducted from Jiribam, recovered from Jirimukh, Jiribam on November 16.
This protest become violence that protestor vandalised and set fire on the properties of several MLA and minsters houses on November 16. On November 17, a group of protestors vandalised offices of political parties. To r
According to reports it has also found that a group of mob also attempt to storm the ancestral residence of Chief Minister N.Biren Singh, but security forces manage to thwart the attack.
An uneasy calm settled in Imphal Valley, where the curfew was still in place and internet services were shut down. This followed protests where demonstrators damaged and burned properties owned by several ministers and lawmakers.
