KANGPOKPI: A 48-hour total shutdown will be enforced across Manipur’s Kangpokpi district from midnight on Thursday following the killing of a woman farmer and the critical injury of two other farmers in an armed attack at Taphou Kuki village.

The shutdown call comes amid growing public anger over the attack and demands for immediate action from the authorities.

The organisers have demanded the immediate withdrawal of all Central and State security forces deployed in Kangpokpi district under the command of the Senapati Superintendent of Police (SP).

They have given the authorities 48 hours to act on the demand, warning of the shutdown as a form of protest against the security arrangements in the district.

The shutdown is expected to affect normal life across Kangpokpi, with further developments likely to depend on the response of the authorities.