Normal life was disrupted across Manipur’s Imphal Valley for the second day on Wednesday (April 8, 2026), where restrictions were imposed a day earlier following a bomb attack that killed two minors at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district.
Markets, educational institutions, banks, and offices remained closed, while roads looked deserted, with most residents staying indoors. Tension spiked after security forces prevented various groups, including the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, from organising protest rallies.
The authorities across five districts of Imphal Valley imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita after two people, protesting the Tronglaobi bomb attack, died in police firing. A third person died at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in the State’s capital, Imphal, on Wednesday (April 8, 2026).
The three were in a mob that attacked a camp of the Central Reserve Police Force near Tronglaobi, accusing the force of failing to protect valley dwellers from armed extremists in the adjoining hills of Churachandpur district.
The State Government had suspended internet services across the valley districts on Tuesday (April 7, 2026), fearing escalation of violence after the bomb attack, which killed a five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister. However, broadband services were restored conditionally on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) following a review of the suspension’s impact on essential services.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh chaired a Unified Command meeting of the security forces and intelligence agencies to review the prevailing law-and-order situation in Manipur.
The focus of the meeting was on strengthening coordination among the security forces, enhancing intelligence sharing, and ensuring effective deployment of security personnel in sensitive and vulnerable areas.
