Manipur Crisis: Asem Kanan's CBI Arrest Sparks Outrage, Meitei Group Declares 10-Day Shutdown, Internet Suspended
- On June 7, 2025, Manipur authorities arrested Asem Kanan, the alleged army chief of the Meitei group Arambai Tenggol, triggering unrest.
- The arrests followed ongoing ethnic violence since May 3, 2023, between Meitei and tribal Kuki-Zo communities, with Arambai Tenggol implicated in attacks.
- Protesters in Imphal blocked roads with burning tyres, clashed with security forces, and demanded Kanan's release amid indefinite curfew and internet suspension in five districts.
- Authorities imposed a five-day internet blackout and curfew, and Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla promised coordinated steps to restore stability during a high-level security meeting.
- The arrests and protests intensified the fragile law-and-order situation, sparking a 10-day shutdown called by Arambai Tenggol and prompting political calls for local leadership to restore peace.
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Manipur Crisis: Asem Kanan's CBI arrest sparks outrage, Meitei group declares 10-day shutdown, internet suspended
Despite CBI saying they are probing cases related to the Manipur violence, as per the directive of the Supreme Court of India, the Meitei group Arambai Tenggol are not happy with their chief and four other members arrested.
CBI Arrests Arambai Tenggol Member Linked to 2023 Manipur Violence at Imphal Airport
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As per the release, the member was identified as Kanan Singh, and his arrest marks a significant development in the agency's efforts to address the violence that has plagued the state in recent years. India News | CBI Arrests Arambai Tenggol Member Linked to 2023 Manipur Violence at Imphal Airport.
Manipur govt clamps curfew in five districts
Imphal: After suspending Internet and mobile data services for five days in five Imphal valley districts, the district authorities have imposed curfew for an indefinite period in the same districts. This comes a day after violent protests broke out in Manipur over the arrest of a leader and four members of the radical Meitei outfit ‘Arambai Tenggol’, officials said here on Sunday. A senior official said that as a preventive measure, curfew was i…
Men Douse Themselves In Petrol As Protests Erupt Over Arrest; Internet Shut Down Across Manipur
Prohibitionary orders have also been imposed in the area banning the assembly of more than five people under sub-section 2 of Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
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