At least five persons, including a tribal song composer and a Village Defence Volunteer, were killed and 20 others injured in Manipur s Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts during the past three days while gunfights between Kukis and Meiteis were still on till Thursday night.
Officials said two persons died in Meitei-majority Bishnupur district while three died in adjoining Kuki-Zo-dominated Churachandpur district on Thursday
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It has been over 100 days since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur. The state is slowly returning to normal and no big incident has been reported for the past few days.
The ongoing conflict has left at least 165 people dead and over 60,000 displaced despite the heavy presence of central security forces, whose role was questioned by Rajkumar Imo Singh, the son-in-law of chief minister N. Biren Singh