Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, has cancelled his election rallies in Maharashtra due to the escalating violence in Manipur. He is returning to Delhi to address the situation where mobs targeted the homes of multiple BJP and Congress legislators.

The government imposed indefinite prohibitory orders in five districts and suspended internet services in parts of the state.

An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions imposed an internet shutdown and curfew Saturday after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.

The curfew was imposed for an indefinite period in several districts including Imphal East and West. Authorities also suspended internet services temporarily in seven districts on Saturday evening.

Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur suspended internet and mobile services and imposed an indefinite curfew on Saturday in areas where protesters were besieging politicians' homes over deadly inter-ethnic violence.

Tensions rise in Imphal Valley as indefinite curfew and internet suspension follow violent protests over six abductions and killings.