Guwahati: Manipur The government issued an order on Thursday afternoon authorizing district magistrates to issue shoot-at-sight orders after all measures to control the situation had been exhausted as the state was unsettled by fresh inputs of arson in Imphal.
Reports said that at least three vehicles were torched by the miscreants and some houses were torched in Imphal East and West districts.
army and Assam Rifles who were called in at midnight, conducted flag marches and also carried out aerial reconnaissance of the areas Khuga, tampa, khomaujamba Churachandpur, Mantripukhri, Lamphel, Koirangi areas of Imphal and Suganu areas of Kakching district.
Manipur violence: what we know so far
Defense PRO Lt Col M Rawat Said that so far 55 columns of Army and Assam Rifles have been deployed to restore law and order and an additional 14 columns have also been kept ready for deployment at short notice.