Tension in Imphal West areas as man missing; search operations on

Guwahati: Fresh tensions erupted in Imphal West after a 55-year-old man went missing on Monday. He had gone to work at Leimakhong Army camp in Kangpokpi on Monday and has been missing since then. A senior police officer said, "The family said that his phone was switched off at around 2 pm on Monday. Joint search operation of the forces is underway."

The Manipur government has decided not to reopen schools, colleges and other institutions in the Valley districts until further notice.

Meanwhile, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) announced a shutdown of state and central government offices for two days starting Wednesday. Cocomi alleged that the state government has failed in its assurance to withdraw Afspa and to conduct mass operations against Kuki militants.


Cocomi has also decided to boycott home minister Amit Shah till the crisis is resolved. Cocomi coordinator Thokchom Somorendro said: "The state government, at its meeting of NDA legislators on November 18, had resolved for the removal of Afspa and to conduct mass operations against Kuki militants within seven days and had also assured that if no action was taken, the government will do what the people wants. However, the government has failed to deliver its resolutions within the stipulated time frame." COCOMI also demanded the removal of two Kuki ministers.

DIG of CRPF for M&N sector, Huidrom Premjit Meetai, has been transferred to Range Imphal.

'KUKIS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE ASSAM'
The chief executive member of the Karbi Autonomous Council, Tuliram Ronghang, said that around 1,000 people from the Kuki community of Manipur have settled in Karbi Anglong in Assam and they would be asked to leave. Speaking in Howraghat, Ronghang claimed that nearly 1,000 Kukis have entered Karbi Anglong, with around 500 families allegedly encroaching on the Karbi hills.