Manipur home minister Govindas Konthoujam met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to review the situation in the state after fresh violence. The meeting came as the state government extended the suspension of mobile internet and data services in five districts for two more days.
The services were suspended and curfew was imposed after two people were killed and 29 others injured in a clash between security forces and a mob that stormed a paramilitary camp in Bishnupur.
Protests have been held across five districts after the outbreak of fresh violence, claiming at least 260 lives and displacing around 60,000 people since May 2023.
Konthoujam and Shah discussed measures to restore normalcy, with the state home department citing the need for continued preventive measures to maintain public order.
The ethnic violence in Manipur has involved almost every group, with the Meiteis and Kukis being the main communities affected.
