One of the victims in the video told the Guardian she had been traumatised by the events that took place. Thousands of Indian armed forces have been deployed to the state to maintain calm but the Kuki minority now say they are fighting for an independent state. ![]() Both sides have assembled civilian forces that continue to clash violently with thousands of stolen weapons, while villages have been burned to the ground and more than 60,000 people displaced. The state of Manipur is now essentially partitioned down ethnic lines, with the Meitei community in the valley and the Kuki community controlling the hills. Modi has been criticised for remaining publicly silent on the conflict, which broke out between the tribal communities in early May and has since killed more than 140 people, mostly those from the minority Kuki community. ![]() People protest in New Delhi on Thursday against the ongoing ethnic conflict taking place in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur.
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