IMPHAL: Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Praveen Kumar met Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on October 13 to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the violence-hit state.

Kumar called on the chief minister at his Secretariat in Babupara amid renewed violence that left at least nine people dead in a fresh wave of deadly clashes last week.

The BSF chief was accompanied by BSF Eastern Command Additional Director General Sumit Sharan and Inspector General Ravi Kant of the BSF Frontier Headquarters, Mizoram and Cachar.

The meeting focused on the security situation in Manipur as authorities continued to face challenges following the latest incidents of violence.