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Violent clashes broke out in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district when police tried to cease locals who organised a protest rally, alleging encroachment of tribal lands by reserved forests and wildlife sanctuaries.
Defying prohibitory orders, folks gathered in giant numbers close to Thomas in Kangpokpi city on Friday for the protest rally referred to as by completely different our bodies, together with the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), police mentioned.
However, an altercation broke out as police tried to disperse the protesters, subsequently resulting in violent clashes.
At least 5 protestors had been wounded as teargas shells had been lobbed, whereas just a few police personnel additionally sustained accidents after being hit by stones, officers mentioned.
The state of affairs was later introduced underneath management, they mentioned.
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh mentioned the protesters had been difficult the constitutional provisions.
“They were challenging the constitutional provisions… the people there were encroaching reserved forests, protected forests and wildlife sanctuaries for poppy plantation and drugs business. That’s the reason why the rally was organised,” he mentioned.
The protesters later submitted a memorandum to Governor Anusuiya Uikey by Kangpokpi deputy commissioner Kengoo Zuringla.
Prohibitory orders underneath part 144 of the CrPC had been imposed in Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a number of organisations of the Naga neighborhood, together with the Maram Union, Mao Union and Rongmei Naga Council Manipur, mentioned that ITLF is a newly-formed physique and it doesn’t signify the indigenous folks of the State.
