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A 48-hour state-wide bandh has been initiated in Manipur in a bid to secure the release of five youths who were detained by the state police for carrying weapons and wearing camouflage attire. This bandh has been announced by at least five local clubs and Meira Paibi units. They have blocked important roadways in various regions. Their primary demand is the unconditional release of the detained youths. On Saturday, the Manipur police took custody of these individuals citing their possession of sophisticated weapons and camouflage clothing.

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00:00 A 48-hour statewide bandh has been initiated in Manipur in a bid to secure the release

00:16 of five youths who were detained by the state police for carrying weapons and wearing camouflage

00:21 attire.

00:23 The bandh has been announced by at least five local clubs at Maida Paibi units.

00:28 They have blocked important roadways in various regions, including Khurai and Kongba in Imphal

00:33 East District, Kakwa in Imphal West District, Nambol in Bishnupur District and sections

00:38 of Thobal District.

00:40 Their primary demand is the unconditional release of the detained youths.

00:44 On Saturday, the Manipur police took custody of these individuals, citing their possession

00:49 of sophisticated weapons and camouflage clothing.

00:52 They were then presented before a judicial magistrate and remanded to police custody.

00:57 Yumnam Hitler, the president of the All Langthabal Kendra United Clubs Coordinating Committee,

01:03 stated that the five arrested youths are civilians and village volunteers who have been guarding

01:08 their respective villages from attacks by Kuki Zo militants.

01:12 He said that the youths needed to volunteer as security forces failed to do their job

01:16 properly.

01:17 Hitler said that the party wants the volunteers to be released unconditionally.

01:21 He further warned of intensified agitation if the government did not meet their demands.

01:26 This unrest unfolds as Manipur seeks to move towards peace following months of violence

01:32 and communal clashes between the Kuki and Maite communities that erupted in early May.

01:37 Besides, the Manipur government has established a one-man inquiry commission to investigate

01:42 the circumstances surrounding the abduction and death of Sipoy Sarthothangthang Kom.

01:48 He was an Indian Army soldier whose body was found in Khuningtak village in Imphal East

01:52 District.

01:53 The inquiry will be led by IPS Themting Ghanshangwa and the final report is expected to be submitted

01:59 within a month.

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