Groups clash over Telipati religious site
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 05 2022:
Timely action by police prevented a scuffle, which broke out between two groups of people over a religious site at Telipati under Porompat police station, from escalating on Monday.
According to a report, as the scuffle intensified over the religious site, a team of Imphal East District Police on-duty in the area tried to take the crowd under control but was unsuccessful.
Then OC of Porompat PS rushed to the scene and managed to control the crowd.
However, the crowd came out later in the evening and started to block the roads, which further escalated the tension between the two groups.
On receiving news of the situation, additional teams of Imphal East District Police arrived at the area and talked with the leaders of both parties and managed to pacify the crowd.
The police then disperse the large number of supporters of both groups and deployed additional personnel in the area to prevent any unwanted incidents.
However, some people refused to heed the advice to leave the place consequently forcing the police to resort to tear gas heavy shelling till late evening.