1 Dead, Over 2 Dozen Injured As Violent Mob Storms Churachandpur SP Office In Manipur After Kuki Cop Suspended

Manipur Violence: At least one person was killed and over two dozen others were injured after a violent mob attempted to storm the SP office in Churachandpur district of violence-torn Manipur on Thursday, hours after a head constable from the Kuki-Zo community was suspended over a viral video in which he was seen posing with “armed miscreants”.

“A mob numbering approximately 300-400 attempted to storm the office of SP CCP today, pelting stone, etc. The SF (security forces) including RAF is responding appropriately by firing tear gas shell to control the situation. Things are under watch,” Manipur Police wrote on X.

According to reports, the mob set ablaze a bus and other structures outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Chandrachur district as they raised slogans demanding the reinstatement of head constable Simalpaul who was suspended after visuals of him posing in a bunker of “armed miscreants” and “village defence volunteers” atop a hill, went viral.