Imphal, Nov 6 (PTI) A Kuki organisation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Friday announced a seven-day suspension of its six-day-old total shutdown following partial fulfilment of its demands and assurances from the state government to address the remaining ones.
In a statement, the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU), based in Kangpokpi district, said the decision was taken in view of the government's assurance to fulfil the outstanding demands.
COTU had called the shutdown from Sunday after the mutilated bodies of two youths, who went missing last week from the vicinity of Taphou Kuki village, were found in a hilly area of neighbouring Senapati district.
The bodies were found stuffed in gunny bags at a banana farm during an operation to trace the missing youths.
They were identified as T Chongloi (21) and Paoginlal Hangsing (20).
COTU, however, warned that if the government failed to honour its assurances and fulfil the pending demands within seven days, the agitation, including the total shutdown, would resume with renewed intensity.
The organisation had earlier demanded the removal of Deputy Chief Minister L Dikho and a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the case, besides extending Kangpokpi police jurisdiction to Taphou Kuki village.
The shutdown had severely disrupted the movement of goods trucks along National Highway 2, leaving several vehicles stranded in neighbouring Senapati district.
NH-2, which connects Imphal with Dimapur in Nagaland, passes through Kangpokpi district.
