Imphal, June 30 (IANS) Assam Rifles, in close coordination with the civil administration and Manipur Police, on Tuesday launched a joint identification, verification and biometric registration drive for displaced Myanmar nationals in Manipur’s border district of Kamjong, officials said. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said the initiative marks a significant step towards strengthening border governance and management while ensuring regulated humanitarian assistance to displaced Myanmar na…
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Imphal, June 20 (IANS) Seven militants, including two senior leaders of different outlawed outfits, were arrested by security forces from separate districts of Manipur, while arms and ammunition were also recovered during the operations, officials said on Saturday. Meanwhile, hundreds of people, including a large number of women and youths, staged a protest march in Imphal on Saturday, demanding justice for six Naga civilians who were allegedly abducted on May 13 and whose bodies were recovered …
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In a coordinated operation with Manipur Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested 10 accused in various cases of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state.Joint multi-location search operations in the districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Chandel, Pherzawl in Manipur led to the arrest of the accused, allegedly involved in the violent unrest in Manipur, the NIA said i…
Imphal, June 13 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested six persons, including three militants and two drug peddlers, besides recovering a large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives during a series of operations conducted across different districts of the state, officials said on Saturday. Director General of Police (DGP), Manipur, Mukesh Singh, also reviewed the law-and-order, crime and operational situation in Imphal East district during a visit to the district police headquarters…
Imphal, June 11 (IANS) A 24-hour total shutdown called by the United Naga Council (UNC) to protest the killing of six Naga civilians severely disrupted normal life across Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur on Thursday. The UNC, the apex body of the Naga community in Manipur, called the shutdown from 6 a.m. on June 11 to 6 a.m. on June 12 in protest against the killing of six villagers who were abducted by armed groups belonging to different tribal communities on May 13.Their mutilated bodies were r…
Imphal, June 10 (IANS) The bodies of six Naga community members, who were abducted by armed groups belonging to different tribal communities on May 13, were recovered on Wednesday from a forested area in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, officials said. A police official said that after nearly 24 hours of extensive search operations conducted jointly by central and state security forces, the six bodies were found in a forest area near Kharam Vaiphei village, a predominantly Kuki-Zo tribal settleme…
Imphal, June 8 (IANS) A 58-year-old man belonging to the Naga community was shot dead inside a forest in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Monday, hours after he had gone there to collect firewood, officials said.A police official identified the victim as Chunjanglung Panmei, a resident of the area who also served as a village guard.He was killed inside a forest in the mountainous Kangpokpi district.According to officials, Panmei had gone into the forest to collect firewood for domestic use when t…
Imphal, June 5 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, on Friday asserted that the deliberate targeting of unarmed civilians is completely unacceptable and that the government will not spare those responsible for such barbaric acts.Condemning the killing of three people, including a woman, by unidentified armed assailants at the tribal-inhabited Loibol Khullen village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Friday, the Chief Minister directed the state police and central security age…
Imphal, June 4 (IANS) A Manipur Police havildar was killed after being brutally attacked by a drug trafficker during an anti-narcotics operation, while security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition and arrested six militants from different districts of the state, officials said on Thursday.A police official said that a team of the Commando Unit (CDO) of Thoubal district detained two persons on Wednesday based on specific Intelligence inputs regarding illicit drug trafficking act…
Imphal, June 1 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Mukesh Singh, who assumed charge as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Manipur on Monday, underscored the importance of strengthening coordination with sister law-enforcement agencies and maintaining impartiality, neutrality and professionalism in serving the public.Addressing senior police officials after taking over charge, Singh stressed that effective collaboration among security and law-enforcement agencies, coupled with fair and unbiased polici…