The Union Home Ministry has urged people to maintain peace, and to not believe in rumours. It has also requested people to cooperate with the security forces to maintain law and order in the state.

Following protests over the discovery of six bodies in Manipur's Jiribam district, a curfew has been imposed in Imphal West and East. Demonstrators, demanding justice, targeted the homes of government officials,

Large-scale violence was reported in parts of Manipur's Imphal Valley districts as mobs stormed the residences of local MLAs and destroyed property in protest against the killing of three women and three children in Jiribam district.