NEW DELHI: At least two vehicles were burned by an angry mob in two separate incidents in Imphal West and Thoubal in Manipur, India, local media reported on Friday.
According to media reports, an angry mob set ablaze a Maruti Alto car at Thoubal Wangbal along Imphal-Moreh Road. Meanwhile, another car was also set ablaze by unknown men at Potsangbam Khullen under Sekmai Police Station in Imphal West.
The development took place as a large number of people held a protest demonstration against the ongoing violence in Manipur in front of the White House and asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence over Manipur violence. Many of the protesters were members of the Kuki tribe from Manipur. They held posters and banners reading “Stop attacking villages” and “Prime Minister Modi: Hear the cries of Kuki tribe, stop the state-backed pogrom in Manipur, India”.
Lien Gangte, a member of the North American Manipur Tribal Association (NAMTA) said, “Modi has been deafeningly silent over the ongoing violence. He demanded that Modi should break his silence over the ethnic violence in the state of Manipur.
Another protestor, Arjun Sethi said that hundreds of them gathered outside the White House to demand that US President Biden and the Congress must ask tough questions to Modi about human rights abuses, internet blackouts, hate violence against Muslims, Dalits, and other minorities in India.
“Washington is permitting Modi’s human rights abuses by hosting him for a state dinner,” he maintained. People from the Kuki tribal expressed deep disappointment and said that no questions related to their issues were raised during the joint press conference addressed by Modi and Biden.
