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Violence is not stopping in Manipur. The mob has attacked the Superintendent of Police’s office in the state’s Kangpokpi district. Officials said that on Friday evening, the mob attacked the Superintendent of Police’s office in Kangpokpi district of Manipur. The attackers were demanding the removal of central forces from the village. The police fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters. Many have been injured in this.
Officials say that the mob attacked the Superintendent of Police’s office for not removing the central forces from a village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur. After this, the police fired tear gas shells.
According to information received from the police, the Kuki organizations are protesting against the alleged lathi charge on women by the security forces on December 31 in Saibol village.
There was a ruckus demanding the withdrawal of central forces
An official said that the attackers threw stones and other weapons towards the office to express their anger over the continuous deployment of central forces, especially BSF and CRPF, in the village. District police vehicles kept in the premises of the SP office were damaged.
Tension prevailed in Manipur’s Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi district on Friday evening as protesters demanded withdrawal of security forces deployed at Uyokching in Kangpokpi district bordering Imphal West.
Protesters stormed the Kangpokpi police station on Friday evening, pelted stones and demanded withdrawal of security forces.
Police fired tear gas shells, several injured
The unrest comes amid an ongoing indefinite economic blockade and 24-hour complete shutdown by Kuki-do groups protesting the deployment of central security forces at Saibol, a neighbouring village of Uyokching.
Protesters stormed the Kangpokpi police station on Friday evening, pelted stones and demanded withdrawal of security forces. Police were forced to disperse the crowd using tear gas, injuring several of the protesters.
