Prohibitory orders were imposed after mobs from Manipur entered Myanmar following reports that two Tamil people were killed in the neighboring country.
Prohibitory orders were imposed after mobs from Manipur entered Myanmar following reports that two Tamil people were killed in the neighboring country.
Tengnoupal district administration on Sunday lifted the prohibitory orders imposed under section 144 of CrPC on the border town of Moreh.
The prohibitory orders were imposed after a mob from Manipur allegedly set ablaze a small army post following reports of mobs entering Myanmar and killing two Tamil people in the neighboring country.
Two Tamil men – 23-year-old P. Mohan and 36-year-old M. Ayyanar – had gone to Myanmar’s Tamu town on July 5 to celebrate the birth anniversary of a friend. Reports said that unidentified men thrashed him. Later both were shot dead from close range.
The district administration had asked the TAMU authority to hand over the body. A section of newspapers in Myanmar claimed that the duo was shot dead by unidentified gunmen and the bodies were cremated without any claims.
Clashes and stone pelting took place among civilians. Some people got injured. The agitating Moreh residents also reportedly torched an army post on the border.
After a meeting at the Tamil Sangam Moreh office on Saturday, it was decided that the lockdown would be withdrawn. Shops reopened on Sunday morning.
Community leaders advised people not to enter Myanmar and an official advisory to this effect was also issued. As there is a legitimate border trade, people from both countries cross the border on a daily basis.