Manipur The police have registered an FIR accusing the Assam Rifles of stopping their vehicle following a brawl between two groups last week. Security sources, however, termed the FIR as a travesty of justice and said that the Assam Rifles was carrying out a task assigned by the command headquarters to ensure the sanctity of the ‘buffer zone’ between Kuki and Meitei sectors. The FIR was lodged on August 5 in which police alleged that Assam Rifles stopped police vehicles on the Kwakta Gothol road in Bishnupur district.
What is the allegation on Assam Rifles
The FIR claimed that the Assam Rifles stopped its personnel from moving forward when the state police were proceeding to conduct a search operation in the Arms Act case in search of Kuki militants on Pholzang road adjacent to Kwakta. The police claimed that its personnel were stopped by the 9 Assam Rifles by blocking the road with their ‘Casper’ vehicle. Defense sources reacted saying, Assam Rifles was carrying out the task assigned by the Command Headquarters to ensure the sanctity of the ‘buffer zone’ between Kuki and Meitei sectors. Sources in the Imphal secretariat said the Army is strongly taking up the issue with the state government at the highest level.
BJP demands removal of Assam Rifles
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Manipur The unit has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in order to find an amicable solution to the ongoing caste unrest by replacing the Assam Rifles deployed in the state with some other paramilitary force keeping in view the public interest.
Manipur BJP requested PM Modi
In a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Modi, the Manipur unit of the BJP said, “The role of the Assam Rifles in relation to caste violence and in maintaining peace in the state is being widely criticized and there is public resentment against the force.” The party said, since the first day of violence on May 3, Assam Rifles has failed to maintain neutrality to restore peace in the state. The party unit said, public outrage and protest against the Assam Rifles for playing a partisan role in the extremely delicate situation and sensitive ethnic unrest in the state is being seen continuously. People have accused the Assam Rifles of playing a biased role in handling the situation.
BJP accused Assam Rifles
The memorandum, signed by BJP’s Manipur unit president A Sharda Devi and vice-president Chidananda, referred to the recent incident in which the Assam Rifles allegedly stopped a party of state police chasing militants who killed three civilians. Had given. The development comes at a time when the Manipur Police has filed an FIR against 9 Assam Rifles alleging that Assam Rifles stopped their vehicle following a brawl between two groups last week.
Assam Rifles personnel removed from post in Manipur’s Bishnupur
Assam Rifles personnel posted at Moirang Lamkhai outpost in Manipur’s Bishnupur district have been withdrawn and replaced by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and state police. The Assam Rifles troopers have been called back at a time when several groups of women in the districts of the Valley held demonstrations on Monday demanding withdrawal of the paramilitary force from the violence-hit northeastern state. There was violence again in Bishnupur last week. A notification issued by Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) L Kailun on Monday said the Moirang Lamkhai outpost on Kangwai Road in Bishnupur has been replaced by the Assam Rifles with 128 battalions of the state police and CRPF with immediate effect and until further orders. Will go.
Violence continues in Manipur since May 3, over 160 dead so far
More than 160 people have died in the caste violence that broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status. The Meitei community constitutes about 53 percent of the population in the state and they mainly live in the Imphal Valley. At the same time, tribal communities like Naga and Kuki constitute 40 percent of the population and live mostly in the hilly districts.