After the incident of violence in Manipur last days, the situation in the state has not yet returned to normal. Here the Union Home Minister Amit Shah After returning from the four-day tour, has made a special appeal to the people of Manipur by tweeting. He tweeted and wrote, My humble appeal to the people is to remove the barriers on the Imphal-Dimapur, NH-2 highway, so that food, medicines, petrol/diesel and other essential commodities can reach the people. I also request that civil society organizations take necessary steps to build a consensus. The Union Home Minister further said in the tweet that only together we can restore normalcy in this beautiful state.
No news of violence in the last 24 hours
Suspected Kuki militants armed with bombs and weapons attacked two villages in Imphal West district on Friday night, injuring 15 people, on the second day of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s four-day visit. However, since then the situation is normal at the moment. Kuldeep Singh, security advisor to the Manipur government, said that there was no incident of violence in the state in the last 24 hours. Singh said that after the appeal of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, apart from more than 140 arms and ammunition, 35 more arms and ammunition have been handed over on Friday. A total of 88 bombs were also recovered in Manipur.
CRPF and army personnel patrolling in the ‘buffer zone’
Former Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Singh said, Manipur The situation is completely peaceful. There was no incident of violence since Friday evening. He said CRPF and Army personnel are patrolling the ‘buffer zone’ between the valleys and hills of Manipur and peace prevails in those areas. The security advisor said that curfew was lifted in most places for 12 hours and life is slowly returning to normalcy.
"My sincere appeal to the people of Manipur is to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur, NH-2 Highway, so that food, medicines, Petrol/Diesel, and other necessary items can reach the people. I also request that Civil Society Organizations do the needful in bringing… pic.twitter.com/7b9LiDQtDM
— ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2023
Amit Shah did a four-day tour of Manipur
Significantly, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had visited Manipur for four days in the past. In which he met all sections of the society and also appealed to establish peace.
So far 98 people have lost their lives in the violence.
At least 98 people have lost their lives in caste violence that broke out in Manipur after the Meitei community organized a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ in the hill districts on May 3 to protest their demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. Has died and 310 others have been injured. A total of 37,450 people have been displaced due to the violence and they are currently living in 272 relief camps. About 10,000 personnel of the Army and the Assam Rifles have been deployed to restore peace in the state.