Manipur, May 17 -- Over 300 vehicles, mostly goods trucks and passenger buses were stranded on Sunday, on Manipur's National Highway 2 in Senapati district-- the fifth consecutive day since the shutdown in Kangokpi district.

The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), an apex body of the Kuki community called for shutdown across all Kuki inhabited areas starting midnight of May 13 in mourning and protest over the killing of three church leaders in Kangpokpi. The shutdown was subsequently extended another 48 hours to protest alleged detention of 14 Kuki civilians.

Extending support to the shutdown by KIM, the Kuki students' organisation Sadar Hills also called a 48-hour total shutdown across Kangpokpi, beginning midnight of May 15.

The shutdown has di...