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In Manipur, 144 weapons were surrendered after Shah’s appeal on 2 June. This is the picture of those weapons.
The violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur that started on May 3 is still going on. According to media reports, both the communities still have 6 lakh bullets, 3 thousand weapons. These weapons include .303 rifles, medium machine guns (MMG), AK assault rifles, carbines, INSAS Light Machine Gun (LMG) M-16 and MP5 rifles.
According to the report, the officials told that in May some people of this community had looted about 4 thousand 537 weapons and 6.32 lakh bullets. These were looted from the Manipur Police Training Center at Pangei in East Imphal and the 7th India Reserve Battalion and 8th Manipur Rifles at Khabeisoi.
On June 8, 29 weapons were recovered in a joint combing operation by the army and the police.
Looted 2 thousand 900 weapons are very deadly
Officials told that 2 thousand 900 weapons looted by Terror Groups are very deadly. In addition, teargas and mini flare guns were looted. He said that the looted arms and ammunition were mainly with the rioters in the Valley, while only 5.31 per cent of the arms were with the rioters in the hilly areas.
Both communities supporting Terror group
According to sources, people from both communities are supporting terror groups like United National Liberation Front (UNLF), People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Kanglei Yavol, Kanba Lup (KYKL) and People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK). They are also being promoted.
29 automatic weapons were recovered on 8 June
On June 8, 29 weapons were recovered in a joint combing operation by the army and the police. Most of the recovered weapons were automatic weapons. At the same time, some mortars, hand grenades and war items were also recovered.
This picture is from 15 July. Three trucks were torched in Awang Sekmai area.
144 weapons were surrendered after Amit Shah’s appeal
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a press conference in Manipur on 1 June. He appealed to the people to surrender their weapons. After this the miscreants surrendered 144 weapons and 11 magazines. In these, hi-tech rifles like SLR 29, Carbine, AK, INSAS rifle, INSAS LMG, M16 rifle and grenades were surrendered.
According to Kuldeep Singh, security advisor to the Manipur government, a total of 900 arms and 11,518 rounds of ammunition have been recovered so far.
More than 150 people died in violence, thousands injured
According to PTI, more than 150 people have died in the violence so far. At the same time, more than 1000 people have been injured. More than 65,000 people have left their homes. There have been more than 5 thousand incidents of arson. Six thousand cases have been registered and 144 people have been arrested.
36 thousand security personnel and 40 IPS have been deployed in the state.
Know in 4 points what is the reason for Manipur violence…
The population of Manipur is about 38 lakhs. There are three major communities here – Meitei, Naga and Kuki. Meitais are mostly Hindus. The Nga-Kuki follow Christianity. Belongs to ST category. Their population is about 50%. The Imphal Valley, which covers about 10% of the state’s area, is dominated by the Meitei community. The population of Naga-Kuki is about 34 percent. These people live in about 90% of the state’s area.
How the controversy started: The Meitei community is demanding that they too be given tribe status. The community petitioned the Manipur High Court for this. The community argued that Manipur had merged with India in 1949. Before that they had got the status of tribe only. After this, the High Court recommended to the state government that Meitei be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
What is Meitei’s argument: The Meitei tribe believe that years ago their kings called Kukis from Myanmar to fight a war. After that they became permanent residents. These people cut the forest for employment and started cultivating opium. This has made Manipur a triangle of drug smuggling. All this is happening openly. He formed an arms group to fight the Naga people.
Why the Naga-Kukis are in opposition: The remaining two tribes are against giving reservation to the Meitei community. They say that 40 of the state’s 60 assembly seats are already in the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley. In such a situation, by getting reservation for Meitei in the ST category, their rights will be divided.
What are political equations: Out of 60 MLAs of Manipur, 40 MLAs are Meitei and 20 MLAs are from Naga-Kuki tribe. So far only two out of 12 CMs have been from the tribe.
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