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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025
However, no casualty was reported due to the arson.
Police have launched a combing operation to flush out the militants from the area.
The clashes broke out on Wednesday after tribals organised a demonstration in the ten hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, leading to the deaths of at least 54 people.
Earlier, the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council had urged the Centre to intervene.
Riots broke out in Manipur between the Meitei community and the Naga and Kuki tribes over the demand of the former for Scheduled Tribe status.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council has told the Narendra Modi-led union government to take necessary steps soon.
Five hill-based militants were killed and two India Reserve Battalion jawans were injured in two separate encounters in Churachandpur district.
The spark for the raging violence was lit by demonstrations by tribal groups against a move to grant the majority Meiteis the ST status, which the residents of the hills had been enjoying for decades since Independence.
The 'shoot at sight' order issued by the Governor said all magistrates could issue the order when all options of persuasion, warning and reasonable force 'have been exhausted'.
The violence broke out on Wednesday during the 'Tribal Solidarity March'.
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