Manipur extends deadline to give up arms till Mar 6

Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday, extended the deadline for the surrender of looted and illegal weapons until 4pm on March 6, citing requests for an extension, and in the backdrop of a tepid response to an earlier ultimatum for the surrender of arms.

- Thomas Ngangom

IMPHAL:

An order on the extension issued on Friday, stated that the extension was granted in response to demands from people in both the hills and the valley.

"Upon the expiry of the seven-day deadline for the voluntary surrender of arms, there have been requests from both the valley and hill areas to extend the period. I have considered these requests and decided to extend the deadline until 4pm on March 6," it said.