Overview

• The ultimatum was jointly issued by Katho Katamnao Long and the Tangkhul Naga Valley Students’ Association on June 27.
• It demands surrender of those accused in the June 26 ambush of a passenger vehicle in Mongkot Chepu village that left two people injured.
• Organisers warned that anyone not handed over within 24 hours would face “serious consequences” and be banned from Ukhrul district.
• Tangkhul leaders accused Kuki community members along the Ukhrul–Imphal road of repeated commuter assaults that they say undermine peace efforts.
• Manipur has been under President’s rule since May 2023 after ethnic violence killed over 260 people and displaced thousands