Overview
- Security officials said four suspects were arrested in connection with the May 13 kidnappings as search-and-cordon operations continue to find six Naga men still unaccounted for.
- Unidentified gunmen ambushed an escorted goods convoy on National Highway-202 on Friday, killing a West Bengal truck driver and injuring a Manipur police constable during a brief exchange of fire.
- Protests and blockades called by Kuki and Naga bodies forced security interventions on the Imphal–Ukhrul road, with forces firing tear gas to clear roadblocks and several civilians treated for minor injuries.
- Authorities launched intensified combing and area-domination operations after the ambush and the arrests were announced, and a Supreme Court legal-services delegation and relief teams arrived to assist civilians.
- The violence shutters key supply routes and has prompted transporters to halt operations, worsening access to food and fuel in hill districts and reviving long-standing Naga–Kuki conflict dynamics in the region.