142 Dead, 5,995 Cases: Manipur's Fresh Report To Supreme Court On Violence

As many as 5,000 incidents or arson have taken place in the state since May and Imphal East and Imphal West districts have reported maximum deaths, the report said.

A total of 142 people have been killed in the violence in Manipur over the past two months, the N Biren Singh government told Supreme Court today.

In a fresh status report filed before the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha, Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi said as many as 5,995 FIRs have been filed and 6,745 people taken into custody to keep the situation under control. Six cases have been transferred to the CBI for further probe, the state government told the court.