India, Sept. 1 -- An Imphal Valley group, seeking an updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) ahead of the 2027 Census in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, went ahead with a shutdown, demanding official confirmation of the Union government's announcement on Monday deferring the population enumeration exercise.

The Union government's move came amid mounting violence and demands to update the NRC before conducting the Census.

The Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) said the shutdown will continue as the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has yet to issue a formal order deferring the Census in Manipur. The 24-hour shutdown paralysed Valley districts of Manipur since early Tuesday.

In Imphal, the bandh supporters we...