Imphal, July 18 (IANS) A joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Manipur Police on Saturday arrested two more accused from Manipur’s Kangpokpi district for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians, police said. A senior police official said the latest arrests have taken the total number of accused apprehended in the case to four. All four are alleged to have been involved in the abduction and murder of s…
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Imphal, July 12 (IANS) Fresh tension gripped Manipur’s Imphal West district after miscreants allegedly torched several houses belonging to members of the Meitei community in the Kanto Sabal area, pushing the already volatile region to the brink of another major confrontation. Two suspected accused were arrested for their involvement in arson and mob violence, officials said on Saturday.Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh strongly condemned the incident.The Chief Minister’s Office in a …
Imphal, July 11 (IANS) Fresh tension gripped Manipur’s Imphal West district on Saturday after miscreants allegedly torched several houses belonging to members of the Meitei community in the Kanto Sabal area, pushing the already volatile region to the brink of another major confrontation. A senior police official said that following the arson, a mob of nearly 600 men and women attempted to advance towards Kanto Sabal areas. The security forces intervened promptly and prevented the crowd from movi…
Imphal, July 11 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government is taking all necessary steps to ensure justice in connection with the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians in Kangpokpi district nearly two months ago. The Chief Minister said the state government is committed to ensuring justice in the case involving the abduction and killing of the six Naga civilians at Leilon Vaiphei village in Manipur’s Kang…
Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday stressed the need to build lasting communal harmony, saying a collective effort is required to ensure that people from all communities can live together peacefully in the state. The chief minister visited the residence of the village chief of Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district after returning from a day-long tour of Senapati district. Earlier in the day, Singh visited Naga-inhabited Senapati district before t…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested six militants belonging to two different banned insurgent outfits and four persons with 239 kg of contraband ganja (marijuana) during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.A senior police official said that the six arrested militants, belonging to the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), were apprehended from different locations in Imphal East district.According to the off…
Imphal, July 1 (IANS) Fresh violence erupted in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday as armed clashes between Naga and Kuki groups led to the torching of more than 20 houses in villages near the India-Myanmar border, officials said. According to a senior police official, the violence began in the morning when armed men allegedly attacked a Naga village from a nearby Kuki village, setting at least 10 houses on fire.The situation deteriorated further in the afternoon when suspected militants an…
Imphal, June 26 (IANS) A day after the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) expressed regret over what it described as a “grave mistake” in the killing of six Naga hostages, the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) on Friday rejected the apology, terming it “insincere” and demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the crime.In a statement, ANSAM said the KZC’s apology neither amounted to a genuine admission of guilt nor reflected accountability for the abduction…
Imphal, June 25 (IANS) In a significant development amid the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body representing the Kuki-Zo tribal community, on Thursday publicly expressed regret over what it described as a “grave mistake” in the killing of six Naga hostages in Kangpokpi district. Acknowledging and expressing remorse over the killings, KZC Chairman Henlianthang Thanglet apologised for the incident and called for a fair, transparent and impartial investigat…
Imphal, June 11 (IANS) The National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah faction (NSCN-IM) on Thursday urged the Centre to take urgent and decisive action against Kuki militant groups operating in Manipur, alleging that these outfits continue to engage in violent activities across the state. The NSCN-IM’s demand came a day after the recovery of six mutilated bodies from a forested area near Kharam Vaiphei village, a predominantly Kuki-Zo tribal settlement in the Saitu-Gamphazol sub-division …