The Congress on Tuesday alleged there has been "a serious deficit" in the efforts of the BJP government in Manipur to contain "arson and violence" and sought a high-level inquiry commission headed by a serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court into the ethnic violence in the state. Photos: ANI/PTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is in Manipur to restore peace in the strife-torn state, held a series of meetings with political and civil society leaders from both the Meitei and Kuki communities and visited Churachandpur, the site of some of the worst rioting earlier this month. Photo/PTI/ANI