India, April 23 -- The district magistrate of Kamjong district, Manipur, has imposed indefinite restrictions in two villages following an arson attack by unidentified armed miscreants on Wednesday morning, officials said.

According to an order issued by district magistrate Rangnamei Rang Peter, the superintendent of police reported that the villages of Gampal and Haiyang (a hamlet of Gampal), under Sahamphung sub-division, Kamjong district, were set ablaze around 9 am by unknown miscreants.

The incident, the order noted, poses a significant risk to law and order and may disrupt peace and public tranquility in the area.

Citing sub-section 1 of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, the district magistrate ha...