Security patrols keep peace after 60 die and 35,000 displaced in India clashes

Security measures are keeping the peace in a remote north-east Indian state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians displaced in rioting and ethnic clashes last week, officials said (Panna Ghosh/AP)

Security measures are keeping the peace in a remote north-east Indian state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians displaced in rioting and ethnic clashes last week, officials said.

Manipur state’s chief minister, N Biren Singh, told reporters late on Monday that around 230 people were injured and about 1,700 houses were burned by protesters after fierce fighting broke out when members of tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group over demands of economic benefits and reservation status.