Key Points
Police fired tear gas shells on Thursday evening to disperse a mob that had gathered following the death of another person in Kangpokpi..
Police and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the angry mob...
The mob had gathered at Khwairanband Bazaar in the heart of Imphal where the body of a man killed earlier in the morning in a gunfight in Kangpokpi district was brought and placed in a traditional coffin...
In another incident, two suspected rioters were killed and at least five injured in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Manipurs Kangpokpi district on Thursday morning, PTI reported...
Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.. Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley..
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