IMPHAL — A protester was shot dead during a clash between security forces and a mob in Manipur’s violence-hit Jiribam district, officials said on Monday. A police official in Imphal said that a youth identified as K. Athouba (21) was killed in firing on Sunday night, and who actually fired the bullet is under investigation. However, protesters claimed that the Manipur Police special commando fired to disperse the mob, and the youth was killed in the firing and two others were injured. The police official said that the mob was attacking and vandalising properties of various leaders’ houses and political party offices on Sunday night. The official said the angry mob first vandalised properties at Babupara and then continued their attacks and arsoning in other areas under Jiribam police station. They were protesting the killing of three women and three children abducted by militants on November 11. The offices of the Congress, BJP, Shiv Sena and the houses belonging to Jiribam’s Independent MLA were ransacked by the mobs, comprising men and women. Except for the Jiribam district, no major incident was reported from any other district in Manipur since Sunday night. The Manipur government also closed all educational institutions for...