Imphal, April 9 -- Tension escalated in Manipur's Imphal Valley on Thursday as protesters defied restrictions and took to the streets over the killing of two Meitei siblings in Bishnupur district on Tuesday.

A suspected rocket strike on a house killed a five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister in the early hours of Tuesday, sparking fresh unrest and a security clampdown in the region. Later on Tuesday, a group of protesters stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp, vandalised it and set vehicles on fire. Security forces allegedly opened fire afterward, killing three people. Over two dozen others were injured.

The government had imposed a curfew in five districts-Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Kakching and Thoubal-a...