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Cop among 2 arrested as Manipur unrest leaves one injured in firing
Two people, including a Manipur Police officer, were arrested for pelting stones at security forces during protests linked to a bomb blast death along NH-02 in Imphal East. Separately, a protest near Heirok village during Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh’s program saw a security-force firing that injured a person; a district curfew was imposed in Kangpokpi. The events underline ongoing tension and disruptions in Manipur amid recent unrest.
Why It Matters
The incidents illustrate continuing protests, police response, and government actions such as curfew measures in Manipur, highlighting challenges to public order and governance in the state.
Timeline
3 Events
Kangpokpi district imposes indefinite curfew from 6 pm Tuesday
April 21, 2026
Kangpokpi district magistrate Mahesh Chaudhari imposed an indefinite total curfew across the district from 6 pm on Tuesday, citing apprehensions of threats to life and property in areas including S Chanoubung and T Khullen villages along NH-02.
Protests near Heirok village during CM’s program; one person injured by police firing
April 21, 2026
In Heirok village, protesters moved toward Wangjing Tentha, where Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh was scheduled to inaugurate a newly constructed Block Development Office (BDO). Protesters had blocked National Highway-102 (Indo-Myanmar Road). The Chief Minister reached the venue by helicopter, while his convoy traveled by road amid blockades. A person, Elangbam Nandbir Singh (40), a Village Defence Force personnel from Heirok Part II Elangbam Leirak, sustained a bullet injury and was admitted to a private hospital in Imphal, with surgery underway after the bullet passed through his abdomen. Police said a large group armed with stones and catapults advanced toward the function site, and a controlled firing was carried out as a last resort; the situation was later brought under control.
Arrests in Imphal East for pelting stones during protests over bomb blast deaths
April 21, 2026
Two people, including Thoudam Gojendro Singh, a Manipur Police officer, and Pukhrambam Imo Chinglemba, residents of Tingri Makha Leikai, were arrested for allegedly pelting stones at security forces while protesting the death of two children in a recent bomb blast along NH-02 (Imphal–Dimapur Road) in Imphal East district. Officials said they were involved in burning debris on the road at Koirengei crossing and in targeting security forces using slingshots and stones.