Newmai News Network
Senapati/Imphal | December 19
Seven more vehicles have been burnt down in the past 24 hours in different parts of Manipur by unidentified persons.
A passenger bus and a Tata Sumo jeep were burnt down this morning at Taphou near Senapati town by unidentified persons. Reports said that unidentified persons stopped the bus and torched it near Mount Everest College, about two kilometers south of Senapati town around 10:00am today. Around the same area, the Tata Sumo jeep was also torched. Both the vehicles were heading for Imphal, according to the reports.
In two separate incidents, two passenger vehicles approaching from Ukhrul district towards Imphal were burnt down at Seijang area of Imphal East district this morning. Reports said unidentified people halted the vehicles and asked the occupants to get down before the vehicles were set on fire.
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In yet another incident, two Boleros heading to the hills were torched at Sekmai in Imphal West district this evening.
In another incident, a truck was burnt down near Tadubi in Senapati district late Sunday night by unidentified persons. It was not clear whether the truck was heading for Imphal.
Meanwhile, many people along Imphal-Ukhrul road in Imphal East district defied curfew today by burning tyres and piling boulders on the roads. Police had a hard time while trying to enforce curfew in this area.
Altogether 22 vehicles were burnt down on Sunday in this area. It may be noted that the indefinite curfew continues to be in effect in Imphal East district. Meanwhile, in Imphal West district, curfew was re-imposed starting from 6:30 pm today till 4:00am of Tuesday.
