Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh has called an emergency meeting of the ruling coalition MLAs to discuss the law and order situation as five people were killed in fresh violence in the state.
The ruling coalition comprises the BJP, Naga People's Front, and National Peoples Party (NPP).
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the chief minister’s official residence on Saturday evening. According to unconfirmed reports, Singh, along with the MLAs, is also likely to meet Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya.
Earlier in the morning, five people were killed as fresh violence hit Jiribam district. Reports said one person was shot dead in his sleep while four others were killed in subsequent exchange of fire between people of two warring communities.
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The district has been tense for the last few days after suspected 'village volunteers' burnt down an abandoned three-room house of a retired police officer at Jakuradhor earlier this week.
The violence took place even as representatives of the Meitei and Hmar communities had reached an agreement to restore peace and normalcy in the region.
Meanwhile, the security forces destroyed three bunkers of militants during an operation in Mualsang and Laika Mualsau villages of Churachandpur district on Friday.
"Militants deployed long-range rockets among the civilian population in two locations of Bishnupur district in one of which one senior citizen civilian expired and six other civilians were injured," said a police statement.
