Imphal, April 21 -- One person was injured in Manipur's Thoubal district on Tuesday when security forces opened fire at a group of people protesting chief minister Y Khemchand Singh's visit to the district for the inauguration of a government building on Tuesday, police said.

Police said Elangbam Nandbir Singh (40), sustained a bullet injury and was admitted to a private hospital in Imphal.

The protest along National Highway 102 forced the chief minister to fly to the event rather than travel by road.

Meira Paibi, a collective of Meitei women, had called for a boycott of the chief minister's visit to Wangjing Tentha for the inauguration of a newly constructed block development office (BDO) to protest the April 7 bomb attack in Tronglao...