 A federal Indian minister's house was set on fire by a mob in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, which has been hit by clashes between members of rival ethnic groups for over a month, officials said on June 16. Firefighters and security personnel rushed to the scene after junior foreign minister Ardikeya Ranjan Singh's house in the Manipur capital imphole was set ablaze on Thursday night. Singh's office confirmed that a mob vandalized and started the fire, while confirming that no one was injured in the attack. Singh is a federal minister and prime minister Narendra Modi's government, whose ruling party also governs the state of Manipur. The attack comes after weeks of violent clashes between members of the Kuki ethnic group, who mostly live in the hills and may taste the dominant community in the lowlands of the state. Clashes between the two communities erupted on May 3 sparked by resentment over economic benefits and quotas for easy access to government jobs and education reserved for the Kukis. At my own sweat with prayer I construct the house, but if someone is trying to vandalize at demolish, I will shock it. And I never expect such kind of attitudes and activities from my fellow citizens of the state. The low and order condition in the state of Manipur is totally failure. The existing government could not maintain this, despite the central government has sent a lot of the protectionists and rapid action force.