Manipur student protests: Prohibitory orders imposed in three districts

Prohibitory orders were imposed in three districts of Manipur a day after Manipur student protests demanding the restoration of peace in the strifetorn state rocked Imphal Valley reported news agency PTIAn indefinite curfew preventing people from coming outside their houses was clamped in Imphal East and West districts while prohibitory orders under Section 163 2 of BNSS were imposed in Thoubal reported PTIDue to the developing law and order situation in the district earlier orders of curfew relaxation stand cancelled with immediate effect from 11 am of September 10 Hence there is total curfew in Imphal East district with immediate effect until further orders an order issued by the district magistrate said reported PTIAnother order issued by the district magistrate of Imphal West said In supersession of all earlier orders curfew relaxation period for September 10 is hereby lifted with effect from 11 am of today reported PTIRestriction on the movement of people outside their respective residences was lifted from September 1 last year it said reported PTIEarlier curfew relaxation for September 10 was lifted from 5 am to 10 pm but was superseded with the latest orderEssential services including media electricity court and health are however exempted from the purview of the curfew it saidThe orders from the two Imphal districts came in the wake of students planning to intensify their Manipur student protests demanding the removal of the DGP and security advisor to the state government for their alleged inability to deal with the law and order situation in the stateThe prohibitory orders in Thoubal prevented the assembly of five or more persons as police claimed that at least one personnel was hit on the thigh by a bullet fired from among the protesting students in the district on Monday reported PTIStudent protests in ImphalMeanwhile hundreds of students from various schools and colleges spent the night at camps set up at Khwairamband Women Market in Imphal The students in their uniforms were helped by women shopkeepers to set up camps at the marketWe have given a 24hour deadline for Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharyas response to the six demands we have placed We will decide our future course of action after the deadline ends student leader Ch Victor Singh told reporters on Tuesday morning reported PTIThousands of students protested in front of the Manipur Secretariat and Raj Bhavan on Monday demanding action against those behind the recent drone and missile attacks and calling for the protection of the states territorial and administrative integrity reported PTIAt least eight persons have died and over 12 injured in a fresh wave of violence which included drone and missile attacksLater the students met Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Governor AcharyaStudent representatives who met Acharya later told reporters that they have placed six demands including the removal of the Director General of Police DGP and the security advisor to the state government for their alleged failure to control the violence They also called for the Unified Command currently chaired by former CRPF DG Kuldiep Singh to be handed over to the state governmentThe Monday rally was an outburst of anger of the student community over the prolonged crisis in the state We want peace and solution at the earliest without altering the states territorial and administrative integrity another protesting student said reported PTIDuring the Manipur student protests in Imphal protesters raised slogans such as Long live Manipur Resign all incompetent MLAs and Give Unified Command to state government and expressed their frustration with the authorities over their handling of the situationPolice claimed protesting students also engaged in stonepelting forcing the law enforcers to fire tear gas shells to disperse themIn Thoubal a large number of protesters including students marched towards the district police headquarters and DC office on MondayPolice warned people to disperse but the unruly mob got violent and there was live firing from among the crowd at the police personnel in which one personnel was hit on the left thigh by a live round Manipur Police said in a statement reported PTIThe unruly mob also damaged one vehicle parked outside the court complex An ambulance carrying some injured personnel was also pelted with stones it added reported PTIMore than 200 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic strife between Imphal Valleybased Meiteis and adjoining hillsbased Kukis since May last yearWith inputs from PTI