Violence initially broke out on Tuesday between tribal and non-tribal groups. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GUWAHATI, India - Soldiers of the Indian Army held flag marches and evacuated thousands of civilians amid a dawn-to-dusk curfew to quell violence between tribal and non-tribal groups in the remote north-eastern state of Manipur, officials said on Thursday.
Indian army sources said troops and the paramilitary Assam Rifles evacuated more than 7,500 people of different communities through Wednesday night and Thursday.“We are working on a war footing with army and paramilitary troopers deployed in strength to defuse any kind of communal clashes, protests, and blockades,” a senior police officer, who sought anonymity, told Reuters from the state capital of Imphal.
In a social media post, Mr N. Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, which shares a border with Myanmar, pleaded with joined hands for people to maintain peace and harmony, adding that “precious life” had been lost in the clashes.Tuesday’s march in the Churachandpur district was called by a students’ union, the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur.
“The situation is tense, but we are trying to engage community leaders in a dialogue process,” the district magistrate in the area, Mr Sharath Chandra, told Reuters.
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