Guwahati, June 27 -- Reported by Bit Irom

Imphal: Hundreds of villagers, joined by members of the Meira Paibi women's groups, staged protests and road blockades on Saturday, preventing the relocation of designated camps of the Pambei-led United National Liberation Front (UNLF-P) from Nongshum in Imphal East district and Phayeng in Imphal West district.

The protests erupted after UNLF-P cadres reportedly began vacating the camps in compliance with a directive issued by the outfit's Military Affairs Committee.

Demonstrators opposed the move, arguing that the presence of the UNLF-P camps serves as a crucial security buffer for villages located on the periphery. They claimed that withdrawing the camps would leave the northern approaches to...