Angry mob sets local BJP office on fire in Manipur

A local BJP office was set on fire in Manipur's Thoubal by angry protesters on September 27. The officer was attacked by a mob protesting against the killing of two students by militants in the state. The protesters also vandalised the office gate, shattered windows and the windshield of a car parked within the premises.

A mob also vandalised the deputy commissioner's office in Imphal and torched two four-wheelers.

A fresh bout of violence, this time led by students, broke out in the state capital on Tuesday after photos of the bodies of two youths who went missing in July went viral on social media.

More than 180 people have been killed and several hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status.

Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal valley, while tribals, including Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and reside mostly in the hill districts.

(with PTI inputs)