A Central Reserve Police Force sub-inspector was shot and at least two homes were torched in Manipur after clashes broke out between two groups on Monday, The Hindu reported.Sub-inspector Pradeep Singh of the 36th Battalion of the CRPF sustained a bullet injury to his left leg when he was caught in crossfire along the border of the Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi district and the Naga-dominated Senapati district, The Indian Express reported. He is being treated at the District Hospital, Senapati.The violence began in the early hours of Monday when unknown miscreants burned down a home in the Taphou Kuki village in the Kangpokpi district. Soon afterwards, another home was torched in the Taphou Naga village in the Senapati district.The two groups exchanged fire after 9 am, in which the CRPF member was injured, The Hindu reported.Residents of Senapati district blocked the National Highway-2, also known as the Imphal-Dimapur (Nagaland) Road, for several hours. Transport services on the highway had resumed just last Friday, three years after the ethnic violence that broke out in the state in May 2023.The Taphou Kuki village authority said it condemned the “highly deplorable, inhuman, and unacceptable” arson attack, and called for an end to violence, The Hindu reported.“We urge the district administration, police, and other competent authorities to take immediate and appropriate action to investigate the incident, identify those responsible, and ensure that justice is delivered in accordance with the law,” the village authority was quoted as saying.Tensions between Kukis and Nagas escalated in Manipur on February 7 after an alleged assault involving members of the Tangkhul Naga and the Kuki-Zo communities in the Ukhrul district. At least 25 persons from the two communities have been killed since tensions erupted.Ethnic clashes had first broken out in Manipur in May 2023 between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo-Hmar communities. At least 260 persons have been killed and more than 59,000 persons displaced since then in the conflict.Bharatiya Janata Party leader Biren Singh had stepped down as the chief minister in February 2025 amid allegations from Kuki-Zomi-Hmar groups that his response to the violence had been partisan and that he had stoked majoritarianism.Edited by Sneha.