Additional security forces have been deployed in the affected areas following the incident on Saturday evening, they said
Security forces personnel during joint search operations. Pic/PTI
The situation in Manipur’s Jiribam district remained tense but under control on Sunday, after suspected militants torched two police outposts and at least 70 houses in a fresh bout of violence in the state, police said.
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Additional security forces have been deployed in the affected areas following the incident on Saturday evening, they said. “The situation is tense but under control in the wake of violent disturbances that broke out in Jiribam district in which miscreants torched two police pickets, a forest beat office... and several houses belonging to both Meitei and Kuki communities,” the Manipur Police said in a statement.
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