CoTU extends Kangpokpi shutdown by another 48 hours
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, November 02 2026:
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) extended its ongoing total shutdown in Kangpokpi district by another 48 hours, accusing the Government of continued inaction and failure to deliver justice for the brutal killing of two Kuki-Zo youths following their abduction last week.
In an urgent public notice issued today, CoTU said the extension was in the strongest condemnation of what it described as the Government's silence and continued failure to initiate tangible action against those responsible for the killings.
The shutdown, which was earlier extended by 24 hours, will now continue for another 48 hours.
However, schools, medical services, media and airport-related travel have been exempted from the shutdown to facilitate essential movement.
CoTU maintained that the Kuki-Zo people would no longer accept empty assurances, administrative excuses or endless deliberations in place of justice, and demanded immediate, concrete and time-bound action against those responsible for what it termed a heinous crime.
The organisation further warned that failure by the Government to ensure decisive action and timely justice within the extended 48-hour period would compel the Kuki-Zo community to convene a mass public meeting to collectively deliberate, determine and announce its subsequent course of action.




