The Manipur government on Sunday ordered a magisterial enquiry to probe the incident in Churachandpur district on February 15 when two persons were killed and government buildings torched by a mob.
The State government said legal action would be taken if anyone enforced the notice issued by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) which asked government officials to not report for work from Monday.
The Kuki-Zo body announced a shutdown in Churachandpur district following the February 15 incident when government offices, including the mini Secretariat, were torched and vandalised. The incident was triggered by the suspension of a Kuki-Zo police personnel, who was seen posing in a video with “armed miscreants and village defence volunteers”. The ITLF demanded that the suspension be revoked, and issued an ultimatum to the Superintendent of Police Shivanand Surve and Deputy Commissioner Dharun Kumar to leave Churachandpur within 24 hours.
