Manipur Violence : Violence continues in Manipur. An irate mob torched two vehicles in Imphal West district on Friday night, while intermittent firing between two communities was reported in Imphal East district. Sources told on Saturday that near the historic Kangla Fort here -150 Furious crowd of people set fire to two vehicles and also tried to snatch weapons from the police, due to which the security forces had to open fire on the crowd. However, there is no report of any casualty in the firing.

According to sources, one platoon each of Army and Assam Rifles was sent to Songdo village on Friday night to control the violence. He told that on Friday night at Mahabali Road near Kangla Fort -200 A mob of people torched two vehicles. According to sources, the people involved in the crowd suspected that these vehicles were being used to deliver household goods to a particular ethnic community. The crowd also tried to snatch weapons from the police, due to which the policemen had to open fire on the crowd. However, no casualty has been reported in this action.

The mob was dispersed

Later the army was called and the crowd was dispersed late in the night. According to sources, here in the palace complex 100- Another crowd of people gathered at night with the intention of violence. He told that the soldiers of Army and Rapid Action Force till the crowd dispersed. According to sources, the police intervened in the matter and the crowd was dispersed. The drivers of both the vehicles fled and there was no casualty in the incident, he said.

Intermittent firing between the two communitiesIntermittent firing between two communities continued late Friday night at Laikote near Yayangangpokpi in Imphal West district. Earlier, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, four people, including a Manipur police commando, were killed and several others injured in violence between two communities at Kangwa in Bishnupur district. A policeman was killed in an encounter with suspected militants in Moirang Turel Mesan in the evening, while three others were killed in violence in Kangwa, Songdo and Awang Lekhai. All these localities are situated on the border of Bishnupur and Churachandpur district.

so far 499 more people died

Army and Assam Rifles personnel were deployed on Friday night to bring the situation under control, officials said. Went to Songdo. Caste violence broke out in the state on May 3 after a ‘tribal solidarity rally’ was taken out in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, people have lost their lives and 3, more people have been injured. Close 16 with the Manipur Police to control the violence and restore normalcy in the state. 000 Jawans have been deployed.

The number of Meitei community in the population of Manipur is approx. percent and they mostly live in Imphal Valley. The tribal Naga and Kuki community constitute 16 percent of the state’s population and are mostly hilly. live in the districts.