Manipur News Live: Total curfew in Imphal, 23 arrested for vandalism

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday said Manipur is burning but it is painful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not even visited the state and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is not taking any action to resolve the issue.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also termed the recent string of violent clashes and continuing bloodshed in Manipur "deeply disturbing".

He urged Prime Minister Modi to visit the state and work towards restoring peace in the region.

As fresh violence erupted in Manipur, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged the ruling party deliberately wants the border state to burn as "it serves their hateful divisive politics".

According to police officials, 8 persons have been injured in the process of dispersal of the mob that targeted various houses and properties of public representatives in Imphal.

Manipur police officials have arrested 23 individuals who were part of the mob involved in the alleged "ransacking and arson of the houses," said Manipur Police on Sunday.

Manipur News Live updates: Amid the escalation in the state, a total curfew has been imposed in Imphal until further orders. Following this, the government immediately suspended Internet and mobile data services for two days.

In light of continued tensions in the region, the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Anish Dayal Singh is scheduled to visit Manipur, ANI reported quoting sources.

Manipur violence live updates: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday slammed the BJP-led NDA governments for "simmering violence" in Manipur, saying that "neither Manipur is united nor it is safe under BJP's double engine governments."

Manipur violence live updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday cancelled his rallies in poll-bound Maharashtra and is headed back to Delhi, according to sources.

The home minister is likely to hold a meeting to review the situation in the northeastern state, the sources said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has canceled his scheduled election rallies in Maharashtra as violent protests continue to sweep across Manipur’s Imphal Valley, reports news agency PTI

Manipur violence live updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his scheduled election rallies in Maharashtra as violent protests continue to sweep across Manipur’s Imphal.

The home minister is likely to hold a meeting to review the situation in the northeastern state, the sources said.

Meanwhile, a team of central security officers is expected to visit Manipur soon to assess the situation and assist the state government in tackling the situation, they said.

Security personnel, including Assam Rifles, BSF and state forces, fired several rounds of tear gas shells, and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters and foiled the attempt to damage Singh's house, officials said.

The legislators and their family members were not at home when the angry mob stormed their residential compounds, vandalised properties and set the houses on fire, police said, adding the houses were partially burnt in the incidents.

The fresh incidents of violent protests took place on Saturday night even as an indefinite curfew was clamped after protestors, agitated by the killing of three women and children each by militants in Jiribam district, attacked the residences of three state ministers and six MLAs earlier on Saturday.

Manipur violence live updates: Irate mobs set fire to the residences of three more BJP legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley, PTI reported.

A mob attempted to storm the personal residence of chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday evening, triggering a major escalation between security forces and the protesters.