Law and order has failed in Manipur, says Union minister RK Ranjan

RK Ranjan Singh, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs, claimed that the state’s law and order situation has completely failed after a mob set fire to and vandalised his Imphal home on Thursday.

“I am shocked. The law and order situation in Manipur has totally failed,” RK Ranjan Singh told news agency ANI on Friday.

#WATCH | "I am shocked. The law and order situation in Manipur has totally failed," says Union Minister RK Ranjan Singh, whose residence at Kongba in Imphal was torched by mob on Thursday late night. pic.twitter.com/ECHNiKkdjm

— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2023

On Thursday night, the minister’s home nearly burned to the ground when security personnel and firefighters were able to put out several mob-started fires.

This event comes after two houses were set on fire and fights broke out between the Rapid Action Force of Manipur and a mob in the middle of Imphal town on Thursday.