March stopped
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 03 2023:
Tension ran high this morning at around 10 in Chingmeirong as a large number of people gathered at Chingmeirong and surrounding area on hearing fresh gun and bomb attacks at peripheral areas and took out a protest march towards North AOC.
The people were however stopped near 2nd Bn Manipur Rifles by a large number of police and other Central armed forces personnel.
A heated argument between the mob and police ensued and as the mob swelled rapidly from different directions, police had to resort to firing several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the mob who insisted on proceeding further.
The unruly mob fought back by pelting stones and using sling shots towards the security personnel and the commotion lasted for nearly 30 minutes.
Police however managed to push back the mob upto ISBT complex.
After some time, the mob regrouped themselves and marched towards 2nd Bn Manipur Rifles but were told to return by police using loudspeakers when they reached Imphal Art College.
As they insisted on marching and disrupted traffic movement, police yet again fired several rounds of tear gas shells and drove them back to Chingmeirong oil pump.
Later, womenfolk in large numbers joined the protest demonstration and blocked the Imphal Dimapur highway by sitting in the middle of the road asking security personnel to leave the area.
The situation was brought under control at around 2 pm and a heavy security arrangement was made in the area to prevent any kind of unwanted incident.