Shillong, May 7: Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh shared a notification stating that the curfew in the state’s violence hit Churachandpur district will be partially relaxed for three hours on Sunday morning to allow residents to shop for necessities like food and medicine.
The announcement stated that from 7 am to 10 am, the curfew imposed by section 144 of the CrPC would be removed. Curfew was relaxed earlier on Saturday as well, from 3 to 5 pm.
N Biren Singh tweeted on Saturday night, sharing a copy of the notification, “With the law and order situation improving in Churachandpur district and after talks were held between the state government and various stakeholders, I’m pleased to share that the curfew will be partially relaxed as per the details shared below.”
The notification read, “Subsequent relaxations shall be reviewed and notified based on assessment of the prevailing law and order situation.”
A curfew was initially imposed on May 3 after violent clashes broke out.
Meanwhile Congress leader Shashi Tharoor called for President’s rule in the state and said that people were feeling gross betrayed.
He Tweeted, “As the Manipur violence persists, all right-thinking Indians must ask themselves what happened to the much-vaunted good governance we had been promised”.
