Internet suspended, curfew in force and order given to the army to shoot on sight those responsible. The Indian government is trying to control the violent communal clashes that have been taking place since May 3 in India's far northeast.
The latter are caused by a decision of the regional court to allocate quotas to a relatively privileged community in the state. The violence erupted on the sidelines of the protest, led Wednesday by a tribal student union. He opposes the recent allocation of quotas to the Meitei community, which is politically and economically dominant.