Imphal, April 8 -- A 31-year-old man died during treatment on Wednesday, a day after he was injured when security forces allegedly opened fire at people protesting the killing of two Meitei siblings on Tuesday, taking the death toll to three.

Wanghengbam Bobby, from Bishnupur district, was undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. He sustained a bullet injury to his torso, an officer said.

A suspected rocket strike killed a five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister in Bishnupur's Tronglaobi in the early hours of Tuesday. Following this, people protested the killings, stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp, vandalised it, and set vehicles on fire. Security forces allegedly opened ...