Imphal, March 16 -- Protests broke out during the Yaoshang festival at the Uchol area under the Andro police station in Imphal East district, Manipur, condemning an attempt to arrest a village volunteer.

Several women from multiple villages in the Imphal East district staged a sit-in protest, shouting slogans such as "Stop biased treatment among communities" and "Rehabilitate the Indian originals to their original homes."

The All Andro Kendra Meira Paibis and the All Andro Kendra Clubs' Association organized the sit-in protest in response to a March 11 incident where a team of Manipur police attempted to arrest Laishram Romen, a 30-year-old village volunteer, at his residence in Uchol under the Andro assembly constituency.

The protesti...