00:01Manipur, once again on the edge.
00:04What you are seeing right now is not just another protest.
00:08This is anger, grief and years of tension exploding on the streets.
00:14In Kaakching and several other districts, protests have turned violent.
00:19Security forces have fired tear gases, used smoke bombs,
00:23trying to control crowds that refuse to back down.
00:28But the question is, why are people protesting?
00:32It all began on April 7.
00:34In a quiet village called Trong Laubi, a bomb was hurled at a house in the middle of the night.
00:41Inside the house, a family was sleeping.
00:44Two children, a five-year-old boy and a five-month-old baby were killed instantly.
00:51Their mother badly injured.
00:53One attack shook the entire state.
00:57And since then, Manipur has not been calm for a single day.
01:02Thousands of people have taken to the streets.
01:04Night rallies, candle marches, torch processions.
01:08From Imphal to Kaakching, the protests are everywhere.
01:13Leading these protests are civil society groups, student organizations and especially the Meera
01:20Paibi, women's group known as the torchbearers of Manipur.
01:25Their demand is simple, justice.
01:29Not compensation, not promises, but action.
01:33In fact, the victim's family has refused government's money, clearly saying that we want justice, not sympathy.
01:42But as the protests grew, tensions escalated.
01:46Crowds tried to march towards government offices.
01:49Security forces blocked them.
01:51And then, chases began.
01:54Stone pelting, chaos and confrontations.
01:58Police responded with tear gas and force.
02:02This is why you are seeing these intense visuals today.
02:05But the story is bigger than just one incident.
02:09Manipur has been facing an ongoing ethnic conflict for years now.
02:14At the center of it are two groups.
02:16The Mete community in the valley and the Kukizo groups in the hills.
02:22This divide has led to repeated violence since 2023.
02:26And every new attack, like this one, reignites fear, anger and mistrust.
02:32Right now, the situation is extremely tense.
02:35A shutdown has been called in parts of the states.
02:39Markets are closed.
02:40Roads are empty.
02:41Normal life is disrupted.
02:45People are asking just one question.
02:47How long will this continue?
02:50Because for them, this is not just a protest.
02:53This is about safety.
02:55This is about justice.
02:56And this is about a state that has been living under fear for far too long.
03:02Manipur is not just protesting.
03:04Manipur is crying for answers.
03:12The planet has been reckoned by at last.
03:16You
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