Guwahati: Kuki and Meteyi villagers on Sunday hit the border of Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts in Manipur and captured the rights of plowing rights in a foothold village between the farmers of the two communities.Three to five people suffered minor injuries during a clash near Sadu Lampak, an area that is an informal buffer between Metei-Metai-My-Manority Imphal Valley and Cookie-Jo Tribal Hills. Security forces intervened.According to the Manipur police, a mite farmer in Leitonpokpi arrived with a tractor to solve a paddy ground in Sadu Lampak, close to a cookie-bound area. “Some nearby cookie villagers came and objected that the paddy ground was not related to them. Some Metei villagers also reached the site, “the police said in a statement.MIITEI farmers said that they had obtained permission from the authorities to cultivate land, which had remained uncontrolled since ethnic disturbance. With the weather of paddy sowing and violence under the President’s rule from February, farmers decided to return. Video of Sunday Clash was widely operated online. The Manipur police urged the public not to fall for rumors.In the last two years, many farmers have been killed while working in the fields near the volatile border areas. Ethnic violence has killed over 250 since May 2023 and has displaced more than 60,000 people in the state.
