IMPHAL: Defying curfew, thousands of demonstrators in five valley districts of Manipur held protest rallies and burnt tires against the bomb attack that claimed the life of two children in Bishnupur district.
At Tiddim Line in Imphal West district, hundreds of people under the auspices of the All Manipur United Club Organization organized a rally from its office near Kwakeithel, denouncing the killings and demanding the immediate arrest of the perpetrators.
Some children, who were holding posters of the two minors killed in the attack, also took part in the rally, which was stopped by security forces from advancing further near Kwakeithel.
Later, representatives of AMUCO and others accompanied to meet Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh to address their concerns.
On April 7, a 5-year-old boy and his 6-month-old sister were killed when suspected militants hurled a bomb at their home in Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district.
Soon after the incident, a mob of about 500 protesters stormed a CRPF camp near Gelmol, a few hundred meters away from Tronglaobi, and engaged in vandalism and burning of security vehicles. In the ensuing shooting by personnel, three protesters died and 30 were injured.
