Recent violence in Manipur left two people dead and seven injured

Two persons died and seven were injured in a gunfight between two groups in the border area of the Kuki-dominated Churachandpur and Meitei-dominated Bishnupur districts of Manipur.

“During the last 24 hours, the situation in the state was tense with sporadic incidents of firing and congregation of protestors,” the police said on Tuesday.