Almost all community leaders joined the rally held to demand punishment for the killers of the two traders from Punjab Savender Singh and Daljit Singh who went to Tamu in Myanmar with proper documents, official sources said.
The sources said six traders from Punjab left Moreh for the Myanmar border town of Tamu on February 11. Of them two failed to return, the sources said.
Their bodies with cut marks and other injuries were found yesterday from Jangenphai area, about 40 km from Moreh, near the Indo-Myanmar border in Chandel district.
All markets, shops business establishments and international trade remained closed since yesterday for an indefinite period demanding punishment of the killers.
Transport services between Imphal and Moreh have also been suspended.