Violence in India’s Manipur Continues as Residents Cry for Help
- More than 100 people have lost lives in Manipur violence
- Opposition parties, citizens question ruling BJP on clashes
Smoke rises from a street after a standoff between a mob and security forces at Sekhon in Imphal East, in Manipur state, on June 15.
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Ethnic violence in India’s northeastern Manipur state has continued for more than a month, claiming over 100 lives and with mobs torching houses including those of the ruling party’s leaders.
Mobs set ablaze junior foreign minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh’s house in the state’s capital Imphal last week and targeted homes and offices of other leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Times of India reported Sunday. More than 100 people have died in the clashes that erupted last month while several homes and shops have been vandalized.