Manipur's violence-hit people, seeking to return home, clash with security forces

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Paramilitary unit   tally  to pursuit  distant  the members of the Lamlai Kendra colony   unpaid  unit  and displaced villagers from Gwaltabi who are protesting to request  the withdrawal of cardinal  information    forces and the close    to entree  their homes successful  Gwaltabi, which were burned during the ongoing taste   unit   successful  Manipur, astatine  Yaingangpokpi, successful  Imphal East. File

Paramilitary unit tally to pursuit distant the members of the Lamlai Kendra colony unpaid unit and displaced villagers from Gwaltabi who are protesting to request the withdrawal of cardinal information forces and the close to entree their homes successful Gwaltabi, which were burned during the ongoing taste unit successful Manipur, astatine Yaingangpokpi, successful Imphal East. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Hundreds of displaced people, seeking to instrumentality to their homes, clashed with information forces successful Manipur's Imphal East territory connected Saturday (November 29, 2025), officials said.

The displaced people, who person been staying astatine antithetic alleviation camps aft ethnic unit broke retired successful May 2023, were stopped by information forces astatine Yaingangpokpi erstwhile they were marching towards their homes astatine Gwaltabi, located connected the periphery of the Senapati district.

As the concern escalated, information forces lobbed respective rounds of teardrop state shells to disperse the agitators.

One of the agitators, S. Ibemcha Devi, said, "According to the government, normalcy has been restored successful the State. Then, wherefore are we not allowed to instrumentality to our homes?" An authoritative said that the concern continues to stay tense but nether control.

Such clashes betwixt internally displaced persons (IDPs) and information forces person happened aggregate times since the Sangai Festival began connected November 21.

Published - November 29, 2025 03:16 p.m. IST

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