CRPF troopers deployed in Manipur's Jiribam District following farmer's killing

Tension gripped the area after the killing of 59-year-old farmer Soibam Saratkumar Singh on June 6. Around 900 tribals belonging to the Kuki and Hmar communities took shelter at the homes of relatives and friends in two villages – Haokippunji and Hmarkhawlienin - in the Cachar district of southern Assam, after violence broke out.