Manipur Unrest: Fresh Violence Breaks Out Following Re-Arrest Of One Out Of Five Released Village Defence Volunteers

Fresh violence broke out in Manipur’s Imphal West on Friday after one of the five released village defence volunteers was re-arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Manipur Unrest

Protesters burnt tyres on the middle of the road in protest against the police and government. Moirangthem Anand, a former cadre of the banned People’s Liberation Army, has been re-arrested in a 10-year-old case.

Anu, wife of Moirangthem Anand, said, “I was informed by a police officer that my husband has been taken to Delhi this evening in connection with a case. It is beyond my expectation that my husband will be re-arrested by NIA on the charge that he was once a member of an insurgent group.”

Security forces fired several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse protesters at Kwakeithel stretch, Singjamei and Uripok in Imphal West district.