Overview
- Police said three houses and an SUV were burned at K. Songlung-II in Kangpokpi on January 26, with no injuries reported.
- Zeliangrong United Front claimed responsibility, framing the action as anti-poppy and anti-encroachment enforcement, a rationale Kuki groups reject as false.
- Assam Rifles and district police teams reached the site, launched operations and inspections, and continue to probe the arson.
- Kuki civil bodies, led by the Committee on Tribal Unity, demanded arrests within 24 hours and threatened a 24-hour shutdown of NH-2 and NH-37 from midnight January 27–28.
- Kuki Inpi Manipur and the United Naga Council jointly condemned the burning and appealed for restraint, even as local blockades and road tensions persist.