IMPHAL, India -- Indian army soldier Thanglenlal Lhungdim had insisted that his parents flee their village in violence-wracked Manipur and stay with him nearly 1,500 kilometers away in bustling Kolkata.
Modi government criticized for failing to stop fighting in remote state
Demonstrators react as smoke billows from a tear gas shell fired by police during a protest march to demand an end to ethnic violence in India's Manipur state. © Reuters
IMPHAL, India -- Indian army soldier Thanglenlal Lhungdim had insisted that his parents flee their village in violence-wracked Manipur and stay with him nearly 1,500 kilometers away in bustling Kolkata.