IMPHAL — Curfew
was clamped in a sub-division in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday
following tension between the Naga and Kuki-Zo community people while in a
separate incident in Kamjong district, a mob on Saturday destroyed a makeshift
camp of the Assam Rifles, officials said
Officials in Imphal said that tension has been prevailing
for the past three days in the Kangchup Geljang sub-division of Kangpokpi after
the villagers of Naga-dominated Konsakhul village and Kuki-Zo-inhabited Leilon
Vaiphei village engaged in bickering over a territorial dispute.
Konsakhul villagers are claiming that the Leilon Vaiphei
village is their area but the claim was strongly opposed by the villagers of
Leilon Vaiphei.
Amidst the territorial dispute, there was an allegation that
a Naga woman was assaulted by a few people on January 7.
As the tension escalated in the areas and some minor clashes
took place between the villagers of the two villages, District Magistrate
Mahesh Chaudhari imposed an indefinite public curfew in the sub-division under
the BNSS, 2023.
However, no injury was reported in the clashes.
The DM’s order prohibited the movement of persons in and
around areas along the Konsakhul and Leilon Vaiphei villages with immediate
effect and until further orders.
In another incident, a mob on Saturday destroyed a makeshift
camp of the Assam Rifles in Kamjong district over alleged harassment and
restrictions on the transportation of timber for constructing houses.
Police said that the troubles started when the Assam Rifles
troopers reportedly imposed restrictions on transporting timber intended to
construct houses in Kasom Khullen village. Assam Rifles personnel used tear gas
shells and fired in the air to disperse the mob, a police official said, adding
that no one was injured in the incident.
