For a second time, Thangjam Basant, 34, had to flee his village, Koutruk, in Manipur's Imphal West district bordering the Kuki tribes-dominated Kangpokpi district. "I was attending to my younger brother, who was injured by bomb shrapnel. When I returned home, it was all burnt down," Mr Basant, who is from the valley-dominant Meitei community, told NDTV, and broke down.