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posted by: Pragati Pal
Last updated: June 24, 2023, at 3:38 PM IST
Police said that security forces fired several rounds of tear gas until midnight to prevent the mob from storming his house in Khorai. (representative image/Shutterstock)
An attempt was also made to set fire to other properties of the Minister of Consumer Affairs and Food and his residence in Kharai in the same neighborhood on Friday night, but timely intervention prevented that.
Police said on Saturday that a group of people set fire to the private temple of Manipur’s Minister L.
An attempt was also made to set fire to other properties of the Minister of Consumer Affairs and Food and his residence in Kharai in the same neighborhood on Friday night, but timely intervention prevented that.
Police said that security forces fired several rounds of tear gas until midnight to prevent the mob from storming his house in Khorai.
There were no reports of injuries.
Earlier, unidentified persons set fire to the official quarters of State Minister Nimcha Kepgen in Lamville district of Imphal West district on the night of June 14. the next day.
More than 100 people have been killed and a large number of houses have been set on fire resulting in many people being displaced in the ethnic violence between the Mitte and Koki communities in the North Eastern state so far.
Clashes first broke out on 3 May after a “Tribal Solidarity March” was organized in the hill regions to protest the Mitte community’s claim to Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Meiteis account for about 53 percent of the population of Manipur and most of them live in the Imphal Valley. Tribes – Nagas and Kukis – make up another 40 percent of the population and reside in the hill regions.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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