The deaths came as Meitei organisations, backed by Nagas, held a rally in Imphal demanding the scrapping of the SoO agreement with Kuki-Zo armed groups. Five men from the Kuki community were killed in separate incidents in Manipur over 24 hours, as tensions between Kuki and Naga groups continued to escalate. Three Kuki men killed in Noney district, raising death toll to 66. Tensions rise between Kuki and Naga communities amid.