Imphal, March 12 -- Kuki-Zo volunteers intensified their indefinite shutdown by blocking the road and allegedly preventing an emergency ambulance carrying patients in Kangpokpi district on the National Highway 102, which links Myanmar to India via Nagaland and Manipur, on Tuesday night.

A group of Kuki-Zo people loyal to the Kuki-Zo Council, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF), and the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) allegedly attacked the ambulance, beating the occupants with hands and clubs around 11.45 pm, reports said.

The Kuki-Zo Council has imposed an indefinite total shutdown.

A video of the incident went viral on social media on Wednesday.

Although the indefinite shutdown began on March 8 at midnight with an announce...