Manipur's Kuki Women Protest Outside Amit Shah's Home Amid Violence
NDTV
Amit Shah visited Manipur last week in efforts to restore peace.
With placards and appeals to stop the ethnic violence in Manipur, women from the state's Kuki tribe protested outside Union Home Minister Amit Shah's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.
"Despite his assurance that peace will be restored, attacks on our community have continued in Manipur. Lives are at stake here. Only the Home Minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi can help us," one protester told NDTV.
A gun battle between security forces and insurgents in Manipur killed one security personnel and wounded two others early on Tuesday, the army said, days after many insurgents were killed there in an operation.
The northeastern state bordering Myanmar has been tense in the past few weeks, with rioting and ethnic clashes killing at least 80 people and displacing 35,000 since early May. More than 30 insurgents were killed last month after security forces launched a massive crackdown.
