India imposes curfew in strife-hit areas of Manipur

28/9/2023 17:50

        India imposed curfew in the capital and some areas of its restive state of Manipur on Thursday, after scores of students were injured in violence following protests against the alleged abduction and murder of two students.
        
        Ethnic violence has plunged the northeastern state bordering Myanmar into what many security experts describe as an intense civil war fought over land, jobs and political clout between its two largest local groups.
        
        A senior police official based in the state capital said, "Indefinite curfew had to be implemented in Imphal and in some other districts."
        
        Another police official said, more than 80 students were injured in Wednesday's clashes.
        
        He added that the situation was "extremely tense" after armed mobs vandalised an office of the ruling political party and hurled petrol bombs at two police sites.
        
        Officials say, mobile internet services have been suspended in the state for five days.