Manipur: Two killed as mob storms key government complex in Churachandpur

Two persons were killed and 30 others were injured in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Thursday after a mob stormed a government complex housing the offices of the superintendent of police and the district commissioner, an Assam Rifles official told Scroll.

The mob was protesting the suspension of a police head constable from the Kuki-Zo community after he was allegedly seen with armed men in a video.

The mob allegedly set fire to several buses and trucks used by security forces and the superintendent of police’s office, PTI reported.

“Mob numbering approx. 300-400 attempted to storm the office of SP CCP [superintendent of police and the district commissioner] today, pelting stones, etc.,” the Manipur Police said in a social media post. “The SF [security forces] including the RAF [Rapid Action Force], is responding appropriately by firing tear gas shells to control the situation. Things are under watch.”

On Friday, internet services in Churachandpur district were suspended for five days.

Late on Thursday, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, an umbrella body of the Kuki-Zo community, alleged that one of the persons known to have been killed at that time had been shot dead by the security forces.

Mob numbering approx. 300–400 attempted to storm the office of SP CCP today, pelting stones, etc. The SF, including the...

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