An offended mob Wednesday burnt down the mandal workplace of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Thoubal district in Manipur. The BJP workplace was focused by a big group of protesters who vented their fury over the alleged kidnapping and killing of two college students within the state, the India Today reported.

The report mentioned the agitated protesters additionally destroyed the workplace gate, shattered the home windows, and broken the windshield of a car parked throughout the premises.

Violent protests continued to rock Imphal for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured Chief Minister N Biren Singh of fast motion in coping with the culprits liable for kidnapping and killing the 2 youths.

Meanwhile, authorities prolonged the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA by one other six months in Manipur barring 19 police stations falling below the Imphal valley and an space that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.

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Curfew was additionally re-imposed in two districts of East and West Imphal because the state authorities combatted violent protests which noticed 65 demonstrators being injured over previous two days.

“Maximum punishment” for culprits

Manipur’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday strongly denounced the alleged “kidnapping and killing” of two students, and vowed “maximum punishment” for culprits.

“Since 1-1.5 months there has been no exchange of fire from either side, and peace is being restored. A sad incident took place, where a Meity girl and a boy were missing from July 3. We tried to trace them and finally handed over the case to CBI on August 28. A viral video surfaced yesterday where the bodies of the two missing youths were found,” ANI reported Singh as saying.

“This is a sad incident, and it is highly condemnable that what the Kuki militants have done is the highest level of crime. Union Minister Amit Shah called me yesterday and ensured that he is sending a CBI team along with the Special Director. They have arrived here in the afternoon today. I want to promise to the people of Manipur that we will ensure the culprit is given maximum punishment,” the chief minister added

A CBI staff, led by the company’s Special Director Ajay Bhatnagar, reached Imphal in the present day afternoon in a particular flight to research the alleged “kidnapping and killing” of the 2 college students, reported ANI. Upon their arrival at Imphal airport, the CBI staff parried questions concerning the incident.

The two youths had reportedly gone lacking in Manipur on July 6.

More than 180 individuals have been killed and a number of other hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest in opposition to the bulk Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe standing.