Travel between Kuki-Zo-dominated hill districts and the Meitei-majority Imphal valley has been, for many, unthinkable ... Just last month, a Meitei youth named Rishikanta was shot dead in Churachandpur while visiting his Kuki-Zo fiancée.
Vungzagin Valte, a third-time legislator who was also an adviser to former Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on tribal affairs, was attacked by the mob while leaving the Chief Minister’s office after attending a meeting ....
Since then, movement has been sharply curtailed - valley residents rarely enter Kuki-majority hills, and Kukis seldom travel into Imphal.Singh said resettlement had begun in peripheral areas, but restoring homes in sensitive zones remained difficult.