In Jiribam, some flee attacks for second time since the conflict began

New Delhi NATIONAL Kuki-Zo civil society organisations said nearly 45 homes of Kuki-Zo and Hmar people were burnt down. FILE PHOTO STRINGERLeaders of Meitei Heritage Society and Delhi Meitei Coordinating Committee have raised questions about the torching of Meitei homes immediately after they are evacuated by security forces

As the ethnic conflict in Manipur continues with fresh tensions erupting in Jiribam district, survivors from the latest round of attacks on Meitei and Kuki-Zo villages told The Hindu that while some of them had to flee their homes for the second time since the conflict began on May 3 last year, others maintained that they were being systematically removed from their homes.

Tension gripped residents of Jiribam district last week when violence broke out as the local people discovering the body of a 59-year-old Meitei farmer, Soibam Saratkumar Singh, who had gone missing weeks ago. Soon after,...