00:01Manipur once again on the edge what you're seeing right now is not just another protest
00:08this is anger grief and years of tension exploding on the streets in kakching and
00:15several other districts protests have turned violent security forces have fired tear gases
00:22used smoke bombs trying to control crowds that refuse to back down but the question is
00:29why are people protesting it all began on april 7 in a quiet village called strong lobby a bomb
00:38was hurled at a house in the middle of the night inside the house a family was sleeping two children
00:45a five-year-old boy and a five-month-old baby were killed instantly their mother badly injured
00:52one attack shook the entire state and since then manipur has not been calm for a single day
01:01thousands of people have taken to the streets night rallies candle marches torch processions
01:08from infall to kakching the protests are everywhere leading these protests are civil society groups
01:16student organizations and especially the meera baby women's group known as the torch bearers of
01:24manipur their demand is simple justice not compensation not promises but action in fact the victim family
01:35has refused government's money clearly saying that we want justice not sympathy but as the protest grew
01:44tensions escalated crowds tried to march towards government offices security forces blocked them
01:51and then chases began stone pelting chaos and confrontations police responded with tear gas and force
02:02this is why you are seeing these intense visuals today but the story is bigger than just one incident
02:09manipur has been facing an ongoing ethnic conflict for years now at the center of it are two groups the
02:17methi community in the valley and the kuki zoo groups in the hills this divide has led to repeated
02:24violence since 2023 and every new attack like this one reignites fear anger and mistrust right now the
02:33situation is extremely tense a shutdown has been called in parts of the states markets are closed roads
02:41are empty normal life is disrupted people are asking just one question how long will this continue because
02:50for them this is not just a protest this is about safety this is about justice and this is about
02:57a state
02:58that has been living under fear for far too long manipur is not just protesting manipur is crying for answers
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