Protesters clash with police outside Khuman Lampak during the first Manipur Poomsae Taekwondo Championship

21 October 2026

Protesters against the killing of three Meitei men clashed with police outside the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal.
Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh and Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam were attending the first Manipur Poomsae Taekwondo Championship inside.
Police fired tear gas shells to disperse the demonstrators.
Effigies of Rajya Sabha MP A Sharda Devi and Govindas Konthoujam were burnt, and Meira Paibi women activists gathered at Sharda Devi's residence.
During the strike on 20 October, protesters had burnt effigies of the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen and the Home Minister and demanded their resignations, along with that of the Rajya Sabha MP.