Development comes a day after 10 suspected militants from the Hmar community were shot dead by security forces

Hundreds of members of Manipur's Meitei community came out on the streets in Delhi and other cities in a silent candlelight protest, seeking the safety of six people who have been missing since an encounter broke out between suspected Kuki militants.

The bodies of two elderly Meitei men have been recovered on Tuesday morning in Manipur's Jiribam district day after the security forces shot down 11 suspected militants. Earlier on Monday, police said that five people,

Operations are underway to trace three women and three children, who have been reported missing since the violence erupted in Jiribam on Monday, IGP (operations) IK Muivah said.

The bodies of two Meitei men were recovered from houses in Manipur’s Jiribam on Tuesday morning, police said, a day after security forces shot dead 10 suspected militants in the area. Police also said six people who were living in a relief camp in the area have been missing since the gunfight on Monday.

The bodies of two civilians were recovered while six others were missing in Manipur’s Jiribam district a day after 10 armed militants were killed by security forces when they tried to storm a CRPF camp.