Schools and colleges were closed, markets were shut, and vehicles remained off the roads as the hill areas of Manipur witnessed a total shutdown on Tuesday. Government offices also remained closed.

The 13-hour shutdown, which began at 5 am, was called by the Kuki-Zo Council to “express our collective grief and solidarity for those who were brutally shot dead” in Jiribam on Monday. The Manipur Police said 10 suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons, fired indiscriminately at the Borobekra police station and an adjacent CRPF camp in Jiribam district. However, a senior government official put the toll at 11.