Manipur: Union minister RK Ranjan Singh’s home torched by mob

This was the second time that his residence, located in the Imphal East district, was attacked since ethnic clashes began in the state on May 3.

Jun 16, 2023 - 11:30

Manipur: Union minister RK Ranjan Singh’s home torched by mob

A mob on Thursday night torched the home of Union minister RK Ranjan Singh in violence-hit Manipur, NDTV reported.

This was the second time that Singh’s home, located in the Imphal East district, was attacked. A mob largely led by the Meitei community had first attacked his home on May 25. Singh, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, also belongs to the Meitei community.

On Thursday night, the minister was not at his home when the attack took place. “I am currently in Kerala for official work,” he said, according to ANI. “Thankfully, nobody got injured last night at my Imphal home. The miscreants came with petrol bombs and damage has been done to the ground floor and first floor of my home.”

#WATCH | Manipur: A mob torched Union Minister of State for External Affairs RK Ranjan Singh's residence at Kongba in Imphal on Thursday late night. https://t.co/zItifvGwoG pic.twitter.com/LWAWiJnRwc— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2023

A security official at Singh’s home said that there were around 1,200 persons in the mob.

“We couldn’t prevent the incident as the mob was overwhelming and we couldn’t control the situation,” Escort Commander L Dineshwor Singh said, according to NDTV. “They threw petrol bombs coming in from all directions...from the bylane behind the building and from the...