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Petroleum dealers successful Manipur’s Imphal Valley and surrounding areas connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) began a shutdown of substance stations for an indefinite play to protestation predominant weaponry attacks against them.
The Manipur Petroleum Dealers’ Fraternity (MPDF) had called for the shutdown connected Friday (January 9), hours aft a weaponry onslaught by unidentified miscreants adjacent a substance presumption successful Bishnupur territory connected Thursday (January 8) night. Nobody was injured successful the attack.
In a missive addressed to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the MPDF said that it had apprised him of the challenges its members were facing aft miscreants targeted a substance trader connected December 6, 2025.
“Though the authorities person taken up strict actions/steps towards the information of the petrol pumps/dealers, yet we are facing terrible threats,” the missive read, asking the medication to heighten the information of petroleum dealers and substance outlets.
The MPDF sought accountability from the medication if petroleum dealers are abducted oregon attacked. It besides demanded compensation for damages to substance outlet infrastructures and deaths caused to immoderate trader oregon unit successful specified attacks.
It was unclear if the weaponry attacks were linked to immoderate extortion effort by equipped groups, but the MPDF said its members would not beryllium successful a presumption to tally their businesses if the concern did not improve.
“Everyone, including authorities employees, is encouraged to promptly study specified incidents and cooperate afloat with the authorities. The Integrated Anti-Extortion Cell volition respond rapidly by coordinating with applicable constabulary stations and information forces to instrumentality effectual measures,” a connection issued by N. Ashok Kumar, Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home), read.
Meanwhile, a squad comprising of information forces, Forest Department officials, and section authorities destroyed amerciable poppy cultivation connected immoderate 40 acres successful the Ngatan Hill Rage of Senapati territory connected Friday (January 9). The time before, the information forces arrested a subordinate each of the outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (Noyon) and the People’s Revolution Party of Kangleipak (Pro).
