With curfew partially lifted in Manipur, people throng shops to buy essentials

With Manipur governments decision to relax the curfew in the State nearly after a week of violence following the May 3 clashes people were seen visiting shops and markets to stock up on essentialsPeople on Tuesday came out of their houses to buy essentials following the Manipur governments decision to relax curfew restrictions for three hours from 7 am to 10 am in the Imphal Valley Visuals from a market in Imphal Valley showed people turning up in numbersThe State government has decided to relax for today for three hours between 7 am and 10 am the curfew imposed under Section 144 of the CrPCAccording to Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh around 60 people have lost their lives in the violence in parts of the StateSingh on Monday urged people to maintain peace while informing that a highlevel inquiry will be conducted to hold those responsible for the violence to account and also act on those who failed to discharge their responsibilities in containing the unrestAlso Read Manipur violence Newborn babies bedridden patients wait in cramped Imphal airport to escape violenceIn his first public reaction to the ethnic clashes that have put the Northeast state on the boil the Manipur chief minister also thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for monitoring the situation and sending central forces to restore normality at the earliestHe assured media persons that those stranded in the ongoing violence were being provided with the best possible careThe Manipur CM added Around 60 people have lost their lives so far while 231 have suffered injuries in the violence Also about 1700 houses were burned down in the unfortunate incidents rioting on May 3 I appeal to the people to restore peace and calm to the stateHe also appealed to the people not to block or obstruct the movement of public transportUnder the initiative of the Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity COCOMI KSO Churachandpur District Administration and 9 sector Assam Rifles evacuated 518 stranded people including medical students and shifted them to Imphal on MondayEarlier on Sunday Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey convened a security review meeting at Imphal over the violence in the StateClashes erupted in the Northeast state after the high court directed the state government to consider including the majority community of Manipur in the list of Scheduled Tribes STsAmid the demand of the Meitei people for ST status a rally was organised by the All Tribals Students Union ATSU Manipur on Wednesday which later turned violentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever