KANGPOKPI, India -- As deadly ethnic violence rocked India's northeastern Manipur over the past four months, two dozen residents of the state capital Imphal refused to leave their homes even as hundreds of others fled.
Two dozen Kuki holdouts removed from state capital after months behind barricades

A civil society gathering in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Sept. 3 marks four months of ethnic violence in the Indian state. (Photo by Greeshma Kuthar)
KANGPOKPI, India -- As deadly ethnic violence rocked India's northeastern Manipur over the past four months, two dozen residents of the state capital Imphal refused to leave their homes even as hundreds of others fled.