Tensions rise in Manipur after another body found in river, believed to be from Jiribam’s missing Meitei family

While the assemblage recovered Sunday is yet to beryllium identified, this is besides suspected to beryllium of 1 of the six missing.

Tensions escalated successful Jiribam again connected Sunday greeting aft a photograph of the assemblage was wide circulated. Arson attempts were reported successful Jiribam’s Kalinagar area.

The municipality had besides been rocked by tensions connected Saturday night, where, on with the vacated houses of Hmar families, astatine slightest 4 churches were targeted with vandalism and arson.

Charred remains of goods pursuing demonstrations aft 3 bodies, suspected to beryllium of six missing persons from Jiribam district, were recovered adjacent the Manipur-Assam borderline connected Friday night, successful Imphal, Saturday (PTI Photo)

Six radical from the aforesaid household – 3 women and 3 children, including a babe – had gone missing from Jiribam’s Borobekra country aft unit successful the area. All six are from the Meitei assemblage and had been surviving successful a alleviation campy acceptable up astatine the Borobekra constabulary presumption aft unit gripped the country successful June.

Meitei groups person been alleging that they were abducted by equipped Hmar men, alleged to beryllium militants, who had attacked the country connected Monday morning.

Following the violence astatine the alleviation camp, information forces had gunned down 10 of the equipped men. Earlier this week, the bodies of 2 aged Meitei men – besides residents of the alleviation campy – had been recovered successful the area.

Ripples of the unit successful Jiribam territory reached Imphal connected Saturday, wherever indefinite curfew was imposed arsenic monolithic protests broke retired and homes of governmental leaders were targeted.

Imphal: People protestation aft bodies of six radical from the Meitei assemblage were found, days aft they were taken hostage by suspected Kuki insurgents from Manipur’s Jiribam district, Saturday (PTI Photo)

During the day, mobs attacked and acceptable occurrence to vehicles and property, including the residences of respective BJP leaders. Late Saturday night, a mob besides tried to tempest Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s backstage residence successful Imphal’s Heingang, though helium was not contiguous determination astatine the time. The mob was pushed backmost by information forces, who utilized blank occurrence and teardrop state shells. Burning tyres lined the road starring to his residence.

Internet services were besides suspended successful 7 districts, including some Imphal East and West, for 2 days. The affected areas see each 5 districts of the cardinal Meitei bulk valley, arsenic good arsenic successful the Kuki-Zo bulk districts of Kangpokpi and Churachandpur.