FILE PHOTO: People ride a scooter past Central Reserve Police Force personnel standing guard before the funeral of Meiteis who were killed after ethnic violence broke out in Borobekra, Jiribam in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, November 22, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
BOROBEKRA, India (Reuters) - Gunmen seized six hostages this month while exchanging fire with troops in India's northeastern state of Manipur after a rocket-propelled grenade reduced vehicles and homes to charred hulks in the hilly district of Jiribam.
Ethnic clashes over land and quotas in education and government jobs have killed at least 258 people and displaced more than 60,000 since last year in the biggest law-and-order failure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, which rules the state.
