IMPHAL, May 29: The Ethno Heritage Council Manipur in a press release urged the Chief Minister of Manipur to provide protective measures to the shrines of local deities scattered across the state which are increasingly become insecure due to encroachment into the shrines by individuals for the purpose of land and other reasons.
The release further expressed their displeasure on the incident of Ekok Pat where local residence of Uchiwa including one police officer have been reportedly received bullet injury when the locals were cleaning a portion of Ekok Pat for ritual of local deity, it said.