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Imphal: Normal life in the valley of strife-torn Manipur was severely affected on Tuesday due to the curfew which the administrations of the five districts imposed following a gun violence incident that claimed four lives in the Lilong area of Thoubal district on January 1 night.
At least four people were killed and 14 others sustained serious bullet injuries after a clash broke out between armed miscreants and locals of the Lilong Chingjao area in Thoubal district on New Year’s Day.
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The mob also torched at least two four-wheelers allegedly used by the armed miscreants who reportedly came in police uniforms.
The deceased have been identified as Makakmayum Sirajuddin (50) of Lilong Nungrei, Md Azad Khan (40) of Lilong Chingjao, Md Doulat (33) of Sangaiyumpham and Md Hussain (22) of Lilong Tamyai.
The police retrieved the dead bodies and transferred them to RIMS morgue.
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The injured persons were admitted to Raj Medicity hospital in Imphal. All of them sustained bullet injuries and their conditions are out of danger, sources said.
Following the incident that occurred around 7.30 pm, the district administrations of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching cancelled the curfew relaxation in their respective districts as a preventive measure.
Earlier on orders of the district administrations, the curfew was to be relaxed till 10 pm.
Besides, the curfew was not relaxed in the five districts for the day (Tuesday) owing to which normal life was greatly affected.
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The curfew, however, did not cover the movement of all persons belonging to essential services such as health, PHED, electricity, print and electronic media and also to and fro movement of flight passengers to the airport.
The functioning of the court was also exempted from the imposition of a curfew.
No untoward incident was reported during the curfew hours in any part of the curfew-imposed districts, the police said.
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