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Fresh hostility gripped Manipur’s Ukhrul territory aft unidentified men reportedly held immoderate 20 civilians captive connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
According to preliminary reports, the civilians included members of a matrimony party. They were travelling successful a rider conveyance and 2 backstage cars, which were stopped astatine Shangkai colony on National Highway 202, besides called the Ukhrul-Imphal Road.
The mobile phones of the passengers were allegedly confiscated by their captors, heightening the anxiousness of their household members.
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The colony is wrong the jurisdiction of the Litan constabulary station. The Litan country witnessed unit and arson successful February aft an battle lawsuit involving Kuki and Naga tribal men.
Expressing “profound concern” implicit the concern on the Ukhrul-Imphal Road, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh directed elder constabulary and administrative officials to unafraid the merchandise of the civilians and support the concern successful the territory nether control.
He besides appealed to each civilian nine organisations and stakeholders to assistance support calm, and urged those liable for the latest incidental to “uphold the highest traditions of humanity and guarantee the harmless and unconditional merchandise of each the civilians astatine the earliest”.
The Chief Minister assured the families of the victims and the radical of the State that the authorities was taking the substance seriously, and would instrumentality each indispensable steps to publication the culprits progressive successful the act.
