More than 1,100 people from Manipur's Jiribam district and surrounding areas have crossed the inter-State border to enter Assam's Cachar district, following violence in the neighbouring State, officials said on May 6.
Most of the migrants are from the Kuki community and they fear that their homes back in Manipur have been destroyed by the groups which attacked them on the night of May 4 when they fled to safety in Cachar.
"It was around 10 p.m. on Thursday when we heard screams in our area and it took a few minutes for us to realise that we had been attacked. They were pelting stones, threatened us and said that this is their final war," 43-year-old L. Muangpu, a resident of Jiribam said after crossing the State border.
