Nagas stage protests demanding release of six abducted men

Key points

• Impha Thousands of women on Wednesday (May 21, 2026) staged multiple sit-in protests across Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur, demanding the immediate release of six men held hostage by suspected Kuki militants.
• In the Senapati district headquarters, normal life was affected as markets remained closed and commercial transport was off the roads in view of the protests.
• Demonstrators raised slogans demanding justice and held placards that read "Hostages must be released;
• Kuki militants, stop kidnapping".
• Naga Women's Union president Priscilla Thiumai told reporters, "We want to send a clear message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his government must give justice and bring back the hostages at the earliest without any harm." "The culprits should be arrested and brought to book immediately.