Clashes ahead of Shah’s Manipur visit
Imphal East and areas on the border of Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts also remained tense with sporadic incidents of violence. Smoke billows from a fire that broke out amid clashes between armed groups and security forces in Imphal. GUWAHATI: Hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah was to land in Manipur, five people were killed as violence continued in the restive state on Sunday. Incidents of gunfire and arson were reported from four districts of the state. At least 33 armed militants were killed by security forces over the past four days in separate operations, authorities said. Four civilians and a policeman were killed in Sugnu in Kakching district and another civilian was killed in Phayeng in Imphal West district. Imphal East and areas on the border of Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts also remained tense with sporadic incidents of violence. At Uripok in Imphal West, a mob ransacked the house of BJP MLA Khwairakpam Raghumani Singh and torched two vehicles. Sunday’...