The violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities started on May 3, 2023, after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for Sched ...
The ethnic violence in Manipur has left over 250 people dead and displaced an estimated 60,000 others while a large number of the displaced are still living in relief camps.
Citing large-scale displacement of indigenous communities, destruction of their villages and loss of lives, the organisations urged the Union Government to intervene urgently.
On the number of deaths and injured in connection with the ethnic violence since May 2023, the department said, "217 people as per ex gratia given to next of kin."
Valte was attacked by a mob in the state capital Imphal on May 4, 2023, the second day of the violence that erupted between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribals.
