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Manipur News: A day after an agreement was reached between the Meitei and Hmar communities in Manipur’s Jiribam in an attempt to restore peace, a tense incident has emerged. Firing took place and an empty house was set on fire. Officials gave this information on Saturday. They said that an empty house in Lalpani village was set on fire by armed men on Friday night. An official said that the incident took place in a completely different settlement where some people of the Meitei community have houses and most of these houses have been lying vacant since violence broke out in the district. The miscreants took advantage of the absence of security personnel in the area and set the house on fire. The miscreants could not be identified.
The officer said that the armed men also opened fire targeting the settlement. He said that security forces were sent to the area after the incident. An agreement was reached between representatives of the Meitei and Hmar communities in a meeting held at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) establishment in Cachar, Assam on Thursday. The meeting was conducted by the Jiribam district administration, Assam Rifles and CRPF, in which representatives of Thadou, Paite and Mizo communities of Jiribam district were also present.
A joint statement issued by representatives of these communities said that it was resolved in the meeting that both the sides will make every possible effort to restore normalcy and prevent incidents of arson and firing. Both the sides will extend full cooperation to all the security forces operating in Jiribam district. The next meeting will be held on August 15. More than 200 people have been killed and thousands have been rendered homeless in the ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Jo groups since May last year.
