Clashes broke at the demonstration on Monday by villagers of Kwakta, Bishnupur district, when they blocked the Imphal-Tiddim highway in protest against the failure of the police to locate one Achouba Puyamayum who went missing from Ukhrul district on August 12. A few police personnel and villagers sustained minor injuries, and one luxury car was damaged as well.
People of the village had been agitating against police inaction in the missing person case. Mr. Puyamayum, a daily wage labourer, had gone to Ukhrul and was never heard from again.
The villagers had announced that if the missing person is not located by Sunday, a 24-hour blockade will be imposed with effect from midnight of September 4. This will be followed by a 48-hour general strike with effect from September 7, they had warned.
