One of many vans set on fireplace on Nationwide Freeway 37 in Manipur
Guwahati:
Two vans carrying important objects together with greens had been set on fireplace on Nationwide Freeway 37 in Manipur in the present day, police sources mentioned. NH-37 connects the state capital Imphal with Jiribam, 210 km away close to the interstate border with Assam.
The vans had been stopped and set on fireplace by unknown folks in Noney district, sources mentioned. Visuals of the assault present one of many vans on fireplace, with sacks of onion and different necessities burning on the street.
The Rongmei Naga College students’ Organisation Manipur (RNSOM) in a press release alleged the assault was carried out by “Kuki militants”. It referred to as for a boycott of all provides going in direction of Kuki settlements in Noney and neighbouring Tamenglong district.
“Regardless of the continued unrest, the Rongmei Naga communities have performed a vital position in restoring peace and making certain uninterrupted provide of important commodities… The RNSOM strongly condemns the latest assault on two vans, opening hundred rounds of automated fireplace by armed Kuki militants,” the coed physique of the Naga tribes mentioned within the assertion, including will probably be thought-about as an assault on all “Naga districts”.
It mentioned the vans had been carrying important commodities together with rice, onion and potatoes to Longmai, Noney, and Tamenglong districts.
The ethnic violence in Manipur is between the valley-dominant Meitei group and the Kuki tribes dominant in some hill areas of the state. The Naga tribes have stayed away from the battle.
The Kuki tribes, too, have been alleging that Meitei teams have been stopping vans carrying important items from reaching Churachandpur and different distant hills the place the Kuki tribes are settled.
Teams blocking highways in Manipur is just not a brand new tactic. This type of protest and coercion has usually been utilized by virtually each group to pressure the authorities into accepting their calls for.