Manipur: Armed men torch homes, curfew imposed in Kamjong district

Guwahati: Unidentified armed men set fire to several houses in two villages in Manipur's Kamjong district on Wednesday. District administration has imposed indefinite curfew in two areas.

The incident occurred when most residents of Gampal and Haiyang villages, in the district's Sahamphung sub-division, were out in their fields for cultivation.

Kamjong District Magistrate Rangnamei Rang Peter imposed an indefinite curfew in both the villages from 2pm.


In an order, the DM also prohibited the movement of any persons outside their residences under sub-section 1 of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

In the official order, Peter said, "Such disturbances could lead to a serious breach of peace, endanger public tranquillity and pose risks to human lives and properties."

Nagaland
A crucial Consultative Meeting would be held on April 30 to discuss the Free Movement Regime (FMR) across the India-Myanmar border and Protected Area Permit (PAP) in Nagaland.

The Nagaland Home Department has called the meeting, which will be attended by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, two Deputy Chief Ministers T.R. Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton, Assembly Speaker Sharingain Longkumer, the Deputy Speaker, all the Ministers, and Members of Parliament.

An official of the Home Department said that all the MLAs, Advisors, the Chief Secretary, along with other senior officials of the state government and leaders of 27 other civil society organisations, would be present in the meeting.

The day-long meeting would also discuss the maintenance of peace in Nagaland in the wake of recent political developments, and the enforcement of the Inner Line Permit (ILP), the official said.

An all-party delegation led by Chief Minister Rio would soon meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the decades-old Naga political issue and concerns about the border fencing and FMR across the India-Myanmar border.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) last year announced that the FMR, which allows people residing along the India-Myanmar border to travel 16 km into each other’s territory without a visa, would be scrapped soon.

The Nagaland Assembly on March 7 unanimously decided that an all-party delegation would meet the union home minister to explain to him the “sentiment and resentment of the Naga people” against the MHA’s decision to cancel the FMR between India and Myanmar.