Video: High Drama As Soldiers Fire In Air To Disperse Protesters In Manipur
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Manipur: The protesters blocked the road with an abandoned, junked car, which the army truck hit and dragged on for some distance before it peeled off from the front bumper of the armoured military vehicle
An army patrol that found 11 armed men in police uniform in Manipur's Bishnupur district was surrounded by a group of women protesters after the soldiers detained the men and seized their weapons, the police said.
The women protesters, part of a cultural movement known as Meira Paibis (she who holds the burning torch), demanded the army to release the men and also return the weapons.
The protesters alleged the 11 men were "village defence volunteers" and disarming them would put their village at risk of attack by armed men from nearby hills, amid the ethnic tensions.
