Protesters Scuffle With Security Forces Near Manipur Raj Bhavan, Several Injured

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 21:29 IST

Security forces fired respective rounds of teardrop state shells to disperse the protesters successful beforehand of Kangla Gate, immoderate 150 metres from Raj Bhavan gate.

Security forces fired respective rounds of teardrop state shells to disperse the protesters. (X)

Several radical were injured aft a scuffle broke retired betwixt protesters and information forces who were connected their mode to gherao the Raj Bhavan against the removal of the state’s sanction from a authorities bus.

The information forces fired teardrop state shells and utilized mock bombs to disperse protesters successful beforehand of Kangla Gate, immoderate 150 metres from Raj Bhavan gate, quality bureau PTI reported.

The protesters responding to a telephone by COCOMI (Coordinating Committee connected Manipur Integrity) to signifier wide agitation against the alleged removal of “Manipur" from Manipur State Transport autobus with journalists connected committee connected May 20 en way to the Shirui Festival successful Ukhrul district.

The protestors marched for immoderate 500 metres earlier they were stopped by information forces. They were demanding an apology from Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla implicit an alleged insult to Manipur’s identity.

Five protesters person been admitted to infirmary with injuries, a infirmary authoritative said.

The politician continues to disregard the sentiments of the radical by his silence. He and his medication has wholly humiliated the state’s humanities and taste bequest each the portion administering the state. The enquiry committee acceptable up by the authorities to probe the incidental is not capable and does not notation thing astir penalising those who were involved," a protestor told the quality agency.

A enactment erupted aft a media team, en way to screen the opening ceremonial of the five-day-long Shirui Lily Festival successful Ukhrul territory connected May 20, was forced to instrumentality to Imphal, allegedly aft immoderate information unit blocked their autobus astatine Gwaltabi successful Imphal East district.

It was alleged that information forces had stopped the state-run bus, connected which journalists were being taken by the authorities to screen the tourism festival successful the territory connected Tuesday, and forced the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) staffers to screen the state’s sanction written connected the windshield with a achromatic paper.

COCOMI had announced the statewide agitation and demanded the resignation of the Chief Secretary, DGP, and Security Advisor implicit the incident. The radical had besides announced a civilian disobedience question crossed the authorities successful protestation against the Governor’s alleged refusal to apologise for the removal of the state’s sanction from the authorities bus.

Meanwhile, the Manipur authorities earlier this week ordered a probe into the allegations.

The authorities has besides formed a two-member enquiry committee, and said that it volition “examine facts and circumstances involving information unit and Manipur State Road Transport Bus carrying media persons to screen the Manipur Shirui festival connected May 20 adjacent Gwaltabi checkpost", according to an bid issued by the Home Department.

(With inputs from PTI)

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Imphal, India, India

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