Kuki-Zo Groups To Intensify Their Protests, Demand Removal of SP of Kangpokpi

Manipur News | Kuki-Zo Groups To Intensify Their Protests, Demands Removal of SP of Kangpokpi In Manipur Kuki-Zo groups are expected to intensify their protests as normal life was badly affected in Kuki-Zo areas of Manipur on Sunday due to the indefinite shutdown called by the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of the tribals, to protest the resumption of the bus services between state capital Imphal and the hill districts. The indefinite shutdown is total and successful in Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, Tengnoupal, and Pherzawl districts. They put up blockades on major highways while shops, markets and business establishments were closed in Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, and other districts. Meanwhile, Kuki-Zo womenfolk gathered at District Hospital Kangpokpi, mourning the loss of life of a youth yesterday, whose body remains in the hospital morgue. At the hospital, Ng. Lun Kipgen, spokesperson of CoTU, issued a condemnation of the alleged brutality of security forces led by SP Kangpokpi Manoj Prabhakar and urged the Governor of Manipur for his removal. Ratnadip Chodhury Reports