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In the ongoing ethnic violence, which broke out in Manipur on May 3, over 160 people have been killed and over 600 injured, huge destruction of properties took place, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts by the All Tribal Students' Union of Manipur to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Cadres of Kuki insurgent groups, who entered into a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, have been active in Kuki clashes with the Meitei who in turn are being shored up by armed cadres of Meitei insurgent outfits, according to security officers
More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state so far.
More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state so far.
He clarified that the initiatives taken up by the state to save forest land and root out the drug menace were not against any community.