IMPHAL — Manipur government on Thursday informed that all schools will be reopened from Oct. 6 (Friday).
The Director L Nadakumar Singh of Education (schools) issued an order in this regard on Thursday.
It may be recalled that the state education department closed all state government/state government aided/private unaided schools on Sep. 27 and the 29th after the state capital started to witness fresh bout of protests following the photographs of two students — Luwangbi Linthoingambi Hijam(17) of Tera and Phijam Hemanjit (20) of Takyel — who had gone missing since July 6, surfaced on social media.
On Oct. 1, four persons were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led security forces team in connection with the killing of the two students.
The ethnic conflict that has engulfed Manipur since May 3, has claimed more than 170 people, injuring 1,108 others and nearly 50,000 people were displaced besides burning a number of villages and localities.
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