India, Nov. 13 -- Normal life was affected in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Friday after a tribal organisation observed a shutdown to protest against the killing of a woman from the Kuki community during a firing incident at Taphou Kuki village.

Buses and autorickshaws remained off the roads, inconveniencing commuters. Kangpokpi-based Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) called the 48-hour shutdown from November 12 midnight, following the gunfight in the vicinity of Taphou Kuki village on Thursday morning.

Kangpokpi-based Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) called the 48-hour shutdown from November 12 midnight.

Commuters were banned from travelling along the National Highway (NH)-2 (Imphal-Dimapur via Kangpokpi). Goods trucks, fuel tankers...