The Indian Express
At epicentre of Manipur violence, a town looks for safe passage, in & out
It was in Churachandpur that violence first erupted during a rally by a tribal students' group against the Meiteis' demand for Scheduled Tribe status.
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People in Imphal leave for safer places on Saturday. PTIA TRAIL of broken glass pieces and torched vehicles —as well as shops with shutters down —along the arterial Tidim Road speak volumes of the unrest Manipur’s Churachandpur town has witnessed since May 3. The road leads to the heart of the town where a poster has been put up. It has a photograph of a nurse, and says: “Martyred for the tribal cause.”
The photograph is of 34-year-old Nhianghoiching, who was among the three people shot dead allegedly by security personnel Friday night as a large group of people gathered on the road to block, what they believed, the evacuation of stranded Meiteis from the Kuki-dominated area in security vehicles.
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