Mob tries to storm CM’s ancestral home in Manipur

The ongoing violence in strife-torn Manipur escalated further on Thursday as large mobs defied a curfew and attempted to storm the ancestral home of chief minister N Biren Singh in Imphal East and the residence of BJP legislator Kebi Devi in Imphal West, triggering hour-long battle between security forces and protesters, reports Prabin Kalita.