Category: IMPHAL

A mob of women burnt down the house of the main accused in a case pertaining to parading of two disrobed women by a group of people in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 4, police said on Friday.

Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Thursday sought exemplary for the perpetrators involved in the distressing incident in the state's Kangpokpi district where two women were paraded naked by a mob and allegedly gang-raped.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo moto cognizance of the disturbing viral videos of two young tribal women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur and sought an action taken report from the Centre and state governments by July 28.

Confirming the arrest, Biren Singh, who holds the Home portfolio, said an investigation is currently underway and his government would ensure that strict action is taken against all the perpetrators, including considering the possibility of capital punishment.

The four-member parliamentary delegation, immediately after their arrival in Imphal, went to the tribal-dominated Churachanpur district and talked to the displaced people living in relief camps.

Horrific videos of two young women being paraded naked on a road by a mob in Manipur have been widely circulated on social media, drawing widespread condemnation and demand for strictest actions.

Defying curfew, thousands of women held mass protests in five Manipur districts on Wednesday demanding action against Kuki militants and restoration of peace and normalcy in the state at the earliest.

A mob set ablaze the vehicle of an IPS officer in Kwakeithel area in Imphal West on Tuesday, while in an another incident, at least 19 women were injured during a clash with the Rapid Action Force in the same district, police said.

Amidst violence between the Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur, leaders of the Meitei and Naga communities on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve the misunderstandings between them after the killing of a Naga woman by Meitei community people.

Manipur's opposition Congress on Monday again demanded resignation of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, noting that despite 75 days having passed after the ethnic violence broke out, the state government utterly failed to restore normalcy and peace.

A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Manoj Misra, granted liberty to the state government to go back to the high court for reconsideration of its decision.

The Manipur government has urged the people not to make any hate speech and express any matter targeting any individual and community which might create ethnic or law and order problems, officials said on Monday.

After 54 days, movement of vehicles carrying essentials resumed along the NH-2 as the economic blockade, imposed by various organisations in the wake of the ethnic violence in Manipur, was lifted on July 2.

Security forces in separate operations since Saturday night have seized heroin and foreign-origin cigarettes valued at around Rs 29.43 crore smuggled in from Myanmar, an official said on Sunday, adding six persons have been arrested in this connection.

In the midst of heightened controversy on the deployment of central forces and especially Assam Rifles in violence-hit Manipur, the security personnel and officers are plunging into the aid of local farmers.

Amid the demand for a separate state for the Kuki-Zomi tribals in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram continues their campaign to establish a homeland for all the Zohnahthlak (Zo ethnic tribes) across the northeastern region.

The unknown assailants shot her on the face at her residence in the Sawombung area. The security forces immediately rushed to the spot and launched a search operation to nab the armed criminals.

MHRC Chairperson, Justice Utpalendu Bikas Saha (retd), had to cancel his visit to Churachandpur district on Saturday for the second time as the police informed the Commission that the “situation is tensed” there, commission sources said on Friday.

Gauhati High Court's former Chief Justice Ajai Lamba (retd), who is heading the three-member Commission of Inquiry to probe the ethnic violence in Manipur, on Thursday requested everyone to join hands in bringing peace in the state

The Manipur Police have registered a criminal case against Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh for criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity between groups, among other charges

Cash, amounting to at least Rs 1 crore, was reportedly stolen from an Axis Bank branch in Manipur's Churachandpur district, closed since May 4 over ethnic violence in the state, as it reopened on Monday and the burglary was detected, police said

A Village Defence Volunteer was killed and two villagers injured on Monday during armed clashes between two groups in two villages located in Manipur's Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts, officials said.

The violence, which broke out after a tribal organisation held a rally on May 3 opposing recognition of Meitei communities as Scheduled Tribe, so far has claimed over 150 lives and injured around 600 people of different communities. 

A police official said that 2,207 additional security personnel would be provided in seven districts and the Superintendents of Police concerned, would deploy security in consultations with the Agricultural Department and the local farmers.

As sporadic incidents of violence continued in Manipur, the state government on July 5 extended the suspension of internet services for the 13th time till July 10, to curb the spread of rumours and videos, photos, and messages, which might deteriorate the law and order situation.