<p>Imphal: The shutdown in Manipur's Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts affected normal life on Saturday, officials said.</p>.<p>Markets and other commercial establishments remained shut, while vehicles stayed off the roads, they said.</p>.<p>No untoward incidents have so far been reported, they added.</p>.Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in Manipur.<p>The shutdown began in the two districts on Friday and would continue till Sunday.</p>.<p>The shutdown has been called by Kuki-Zo groups, including the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) and Kuki Students Organisation (KSO), in protest against Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh's statement.</p>.<p>Singh had on September 20 claimed that security forces have taken a number of steps in the wake of reports that "900 militants" might carry out violence in peripheral villages of Imphal valley districts.</p>.<p>The state government on Wednesday, however, retracted the claim and asserted that the likelihood of "any such misadventures by armed groups is minimal and unsubstantiated". </p>
<p>Imphal: The shutdown in Manipur's Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts affected normal life on Saturday, officials said.</p>.<p>Markets and other commercial establishments remained shut, while vehicles stayed off the roads, they said.</p>.<p>No untoward incidents have so far been reported, they added.</p>.Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in Manipur.<p>The shutdown began in the two districts on Friday and would continue till Sunday.</p>.<p>The shutdown has been called by Kuki-Zo groups, including the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) and Kuki Students Organisation (KSO), in protest against Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh's statement.</p>.<p>Singh had on September 20 claimed that security forces have taken a number of steps in the wake of reports that "900 militants" might carry out violence in peripheral villages of Imphal valley districts.</p>.<p>The state government on Wednesday, however, retracted the claim and asserted that the likelihood of "any such misadventures by armed groups is minimal and unsubstantiated". </p>