Amid prevailing tensions in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo community on Friday observed, what it calls 'Separation Day', by implementing a complete shutdown in all tribal dominated areas in Sadar Hills of Kangpokpi district.

A spokesperson for the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) of Sadar Hills, a key tribal body, which had given a call for the shutdown, informed The Tribune that "It (shutdown) was resounding in all Kuki-Zo dominated areas in Sadar Hills Kangpokpi".

In a public notice issued on October 1, CoTU had reiterated that the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur which had erupted on May 3, 2023, remains unresolved even after nearly three years, and held the former BJP-led state government under N Biren Singh accountable for the state’s deepest ethnic divide.

It had given a call for a 12-h

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