Manipur’s crackdown on insurgency: PREPAK cadre arrested, arms seized
Khumbongmayum Abhijit Singh, a suspected PREPAK operative, was apprehended during a late-night raid in the Chumnang area of Kakching district.
Khumbongmayum Abhijit Singh, a suspected PREPAK operative, was apprehended during a late-night raid in the Chumnang area of Kakching district.
The ethnic tensions in Manipur between the Kuki-Zo tribes and the Meitei community have brought the state's governance under intense scrutiny.
Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh has asserted that the state, which has been reeling under ethnic clashes since May 2023, is witnessing signs of improvement.
In a series of coordinated operations, security forces dismantled camps and apprehended members of the banned militant groups in Manipur’s Imphal East and surrounding districts, police reported on Thursday.
Police deployed water cannons on Wednesday to stop Congress protesters from marching to the Raj Bhawan here. The protest was organized to demonstrate against the NDA government's stance on industrialist Gautam Adani and the ongoing violence in Manipur.
He also demanded dismissal of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the ongoing violence.
The Manipur government on Friday ordered closure of all educational institutions across the state on Saturday (September 7), and asked the security forces to remain on high alert and also intensify their counter-insurgency operations
Rockets were fired from elevated positions in the neighboring Churachandpur district, with a range exceeding 3 kilometers.
Referring to the Manipur situation, the Congress chief in a post on X wrote, “Narendra Modi ji it has been 16 months since Manipur has been engulfed in violence, but your 'double engine' government has done nothing to mitigate it.”
Rajya Sabha MP Sanajaoba Leishemba constituted a high-level meeting of five Committee members to critically examine and study the drones deployed by militants after unarmed Koutruk villagers were attacked using drones, bombs and sophisticated weapons on Sunday reportedly by the Kuki militants.
