Violence in Manipur district claims 1 life

CHURACHANDPUR/IMPHAL: Fresh violence broke out in Manipur's Churachandpur on Thursday night after a mob barged into govt complex housing the SP and DC offices and torched vehicles and ransacked govt property, hours after a head constable of the district police was suspended after he was allegedly seen with armed men in a video grab, an official said.

Several buses and trucks used by security forces were burnt by the agitators as hundreds of them entered the office rooms and vandalised govt property, the official said.

Eyewitnesses said one person died and as many as 30 people sustained injuries in the clash.