IMPHAL: The night curfew continued for the third consecutive day on Monday in Manipur's Churachandpur district, even as no fresh incident of violence has been reported in the mountainous district in the last 48 hours.
A police officer said that, as a precautionary measure, the district administration decided to continue the night curfew until further orders.
The incidents of violence, including vandalising government properties, were triggered after the tribals launched fresh protests against the state government's action against the illegal poppy cultivators and destroying poppy fields in the forest land, especially in the reserve and protected forests in the hilly areas. The district administration imposed a night curfew in Churachandpur district on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m.
However, with the reopening of shops, business establishments, and markets, normal activities have been observed in the daytime since Sunday. Unidentified miscreants set fire to a government building on Friday, damaging properties and destroying documents. After Thursday's incidents of violence, Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh cancelled his Friday visit to Churachandpur district. (IANS)
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