Authorities relaxed Curfew in Imphal East and Imphal West districts from 5.00 am to 11.00 pm to help people buy essential household items and medicines. The relaxation however, shall not applied to any gathering or large-scale movement of persons or sit-in protests which is unlawful in nature, an official order said.
A mob tried to attack the CM’s empty ancestral house on Thursday night, despite heavy security clamp down and curfew in Imphal valley. Security forces however, stopped and foiled that attempt after firing several rounds of tear gas shells.
There was an attempt taken to attack the chief minister’s ancestral house at Heingang locality of Imphal. Security forces managed to stop the mob around 100-150 metres away from the house, a police officer said.
The chief minister resides in a separate, well-guarded official residence in the centre of the state’s capital. Several people were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters at different places in the state capital on Thursday night, sources said.
A house was set on fire at Checkon area in Imphal East by a mob late on Thursday night. Fire personnel later doused the fire, officials informed. In Wangkhei, Khurai and Kongba of Imphal East district, protesters burnt tyres and blocked roads with iron pipes and boulders to restrict the movement of security forces.