Curfew like restrictions was imposed in Manipur’s Thoubal district
headquarter area Sunday as tensions were building up following death of a
58-year old man who sustained bullet injury in police firing to
disperse protestors blocking Indo-Myanmar section of NH-2.
Strict prohibitory orders under section 144 were imposed in the whole
Thoubal district, police said, adding that the restrictions in this
district were imposed due to apprehensions that agitations being
launched by the people following deaths of two persons in Thoubal
district headquarters and missing of non-Manipuri staying in his
in-law’s house at Kakching of same district were likely to escalate with
violence actions.
People were blocking the highway demanding booking of culprit(s)
involved in the killing of one Yanglem Naoba alias Bisheshwor (31) of
the same locality with deceased Manichandra. Naoba was shot dead by
miscreants in the morning of November 30 last.
The protesting people who took to the streets and blocked the road for
the second day sunday were irate on hearing that injured Manichandra
breathed his last at the hospital today, around 11 am and attempted to
storm the office of the deputy commissioner of Thoubal district.
Timey arrival of chief minister’s spouse and MLA O Landhoni Devi to hold
talks with the agitating people prevented the people from further
proceeding towards the DC office. MLA Landhoni was reportedly sent by
chief minister O Ibobi Singh to convince the people of his constituency.
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