Normal life came to a standstill in most of the hill districts in Manipur on Monday due to the 12-hour general strike called by the United Naga Council (UNC) in protest against the killing of a Naga woman on July 15. The 55-year-old woman was shot dead at Keibi in Imphal east district.
Normal life was paralysed in the Naga-dominated hill districts. Police said government offices, banks and business establishments did not function while vehicles were off the roads. They added that nine persons were arrested during the day, while two guns and five live rounds of ammunition were recovered.
Reports said that houses of two of the accused in the case related to the woman’s death were torched by villagers in Keibi. Family members of the accused had already fled the village, the reports added.
