Overview
- CoTU’s 48‑hour ultimatum to the Centre and Manipur government expired on Monday with no substantive official response and the group warned it would not be held responsible for outcomes.
- On Tuesday Kuki‑Zo protesters marched from Taloulong toward the Gamgiphai buffer zone and security forces stopped and dispersed the crowd with tear gas and smoke devices.
- Major routes into Kangpokpi along NH‑2 and NH‑37 remain effectively restricted by unauthorised checkpoints that local sources say have blocked the flow of food, fuel and medicines for more than a month.
- Local reports say shortages have pushed staple prices up sharply, with a 50‑kg bag of rice reaching about ₹4,000 and LPG cylinders selling at inflated black‑market rates, while police and the state have not announced concrete steps to reopen highways.
- The standoff began after six Naga civilians were abducted on May 13 and their bodies were recovered on June 10, and the blockade tactic has recurred in Manipur’s wider ethnic conflict, raising the risk of further humanitarian harm and wider unrest if checkpoints are not cleared.