{"id":141528,"date":"2025-09-15T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=141528"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:08:32","slug":"churachandpur-in-turmoil-kuki-zo-leaders-homes-set-ablaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=141528","title":{"rendered":"Churachandpur in Turmoil: Kuki-Zo Leaders\u2019 Homes Set Ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136520\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>ensions escalated in <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=132315\">Churachandpur<\/a> district of Manipur late on September 14, as unidentified assailants targeted the residences of multiple Kuki-Zo leaders. Among the properties set ablaze was the home of Calvin, the External Secretary of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO). This incident occurred just hours after widespread protests had erupted over the arrest of two individuals accused of vandalism and damaging government property on September 12, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s planned visit to the region.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141529\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Churachandpur in Turmoil: Kuki-Zo Leaders\u2019 Homes Set Ablaze\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141529 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Churachandpur in Turmoil: Kuki-Zo Leaders\u2019 Homes Set Ablaze\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c76d3b504bc-manipur-153446115-16x9-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Churachandpur in Turmoil: Kuki-Zo Leaders\u2019 Homes Set Ablaze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Further reports indicated that another residence belonging to a Kuki-Zo leader associated with the Suspension of Operations (SoO) was also torched amidst the night\u2019s violence. Additionally, the home of Ginza Vualzong, who serves as the spokesperson for both the Kuki-Zo Coordination Committee (KZC) and the Indigenous Tribal Leaders\u2019 Forum (ITLF), came under threat from miscreants. However, prompt action by local community leaders and youth members successfully thwarted attempts to set his residence on fire. Shortly thereafter, military personnel arrived to secure the area and ensure the safety of the property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In response to these events, authorities have heightened security measures in Churachandpur, with forces closely monitoring the situation to prevent any further escalation of violence. The authorities are committed to maintaining order amidst intensive local unrest.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions escalated in Churachandpur district of Manipur late on September 14, as unidentified assailants targeted the residences of multiple Kuki-Zo leaders. Among the properties set ablaze was the home of Calvin, the External Secretary of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO). This incident occurred just hours after widespread protests had erupted over the arrest of two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49810],"class_list":["post-141528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-churachandpur-in-turmoil-kuki-zo-leaders-homes-set-ablaze"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141530,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141528\/revisions\/141530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}