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NDTV
20-06-2025
- NDTV
Will Provide Security To Farmers In Vulnerable Areas: Manipur Government
Imphal: A day after a farmer was shot at in Manipur's Bishnupur district, the state government on Friday announced to provide security to the farmers in the vulnerable areas, officials said. A senior police official said that adequate security would be provided to ensure the safety of farmers in the fields and prevent incidents involving the farmers. A woman was killed and a farmer shot at in separate incidents in Manipur's Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, respectively, on Thursday. The official said Ningthoujam Biren Singh, a farmer from Phubala Awang Maning Leikai, was shot in his left arm by an unknown armed miscreant while working in his paddy field at Phubala Maning in Bishnupur district. Mr Singh, who belonged to the Meitei community, was initially taken to the district hospital in Bishnupur for medical treatment and was later referred to the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal. His condition is reported to be stable at present. In response, security forces launched a search operation in and around Langchingmanbi, Heichanglok, and the western areas of Phubala village. During the operation, security forces came under fire from unknown armed attackers and the forces retaliated accordingly. During the crossfire, a woman identified as Hoikholhing Haokip from Langchingmanbi village was found dead with a bullet injury. She was from the Kuki tribes and was the wife of the village chief of Langchingmanbi. A Manipur Police statement said cases have been filed in connection with the incidents, and an investigation is going on. Combined teams of security forces are continuing search operations to catch the perpetrators, the police said. The statement said every effort is being made to bring those responsible to justice at the earliest. Additionally, security arrangements related to farming activities in the area will be reviewed. The people are requested to maintain peace and not circulate unverified information, the police said. On June 15, tension erupted in Manipur's Imphal East district over a dispute related to the farming of a paddy field and land ownership. It was defused with the deployment of additional security forces in the area. A police officer had said that a farmer belonging to the Meitei community from Leitanpokpi area went with a tractor to plough a paddy field in Sadu Lampak village in Imphal East, near a Kuki-inhabited village. "Some Kuki villagers nearby came and objected, claiming that the paddy field does not belong to the Meitei farmer. In the meantime, some people of the Meitei community, who were nearby, also came to the spot. Videos were circulated saying Kukis have come down to stop Meitei farmers," the officer had said. An officer of the agriculture department said that as the agricultural season nears its peak, unresolved land access disputes and the lack of effective protection for farmers continue to deepen ethnic divide and fuel unrest in conflict-affected areas of Manipur. The current kharif (monsoon) season runs from June to October. Due to the ethnic violence in Manipur, farming activities have been affected in both Imphal valley and hilly areas during the past more than two years. In another development, the security forces arrested eight insurgents including a woman belonging to banned outfits in Manipur during the past 24 hours from Imphal West, Tengnoupal, Kakching and Bishnupur districts. Of the eight, two were members of the banned Peoples' Liberation Army.
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Business Standard
15-05-2025
- Business Standard
Manipur Police denies existence of Kuki group that threatened Meiteis
Manipur Police have denied the existence of 'Kuki Zo Village Volunteers Eastern Zone' group which had issued a directive threatening members of the Meitei community against entering Kuki areas during the upcoming state-level tourism event of 'Shirui Lily Festival'. In a statement, police said, "It has come to the notice of Manipur Police that a press statement dated 11th May 2025 issued by one unknown organisation Kuki Zo Village Volunteer-Eastern Zone (KZVV-EZ), is being circulated on social media and local vernaculars. The unknown organisation has warned members of the Meitei community against entering or crossing Kuki-inhabited areas for the upcoming Shirui Festival." Following an enquiry by the district police, no such organisation has been found, it said, requesting the general public "not to believe such unfounded and baseless press note issued by the unknown organisation". "Police will make adequate security arrangements to ensure and facilitate free movement of the public during the Shirui Festival," it said. It also urged the public to cooperate with the police for ensuring security related to Shirui Festival. The Shirui Festival is held in honour of the state flower Shirui Lily, which is found in the hills of Tangkhul Naga-dominated Ukhrul district. The festival is scheduled from May 20 to May 24. Meanwhile, NSCN, in a statement, has called the directives of the Kuki group as "outrageous" and "provocative". "NSCN shall not tolerate if KZVV EZ makes any wild attempt to disturb the streaming tourists targeting any particular community travelling to Ukhrul/Shirui village. Let this message be loud and clear that the territorial jurisdiction of the so-called Kukiland doesn't cover even an inch of Naga territory in Ukhrul," it said. On the other hand, Kuki group 'Village Volunteers Eastern Zone' has stated that it has "no affiliation" and "no connection" with the Kuki Zo Village Volunteers Eastern Zone. More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic conflict between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Hindustan Times
15-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Manipur Police denies existence of Kuki group that threatened Meiteis ahead of Shirui Festival
Imphal, Manipur Police have denied the existence of 'Kuki Zo Village Volunteers Eastern Zone' group which had issued a directive threatening members of the Meitei community against entering Kuki areas during the upcoming state-level tourism event of 'Shirui Lily Festival'. In a statement, police said, "It has come to the notice of Manipur Police that a press statement dated 11th May 2025 issued by one unknown organisation Kuki Zo Village Volunteer-Eastern Zone , is being circulated on social media and local vernaculars. The unknown organisation has warned members of the Meitei community against entering or crossing Kuki-inhabited areas for the upcoming Shirui Festival." Following an enquiry by the district police, no such organisation has been found, it said, requesting the general public "not to believe such unfounded and baseless press note issued by the unknown organisation". "Police will make adequate security arrangements to ensure and facilitate free movement of the public during the Shirui Festival," it said. It also urged the public to cooperate with the police for ensuring security related to Shirui Festival. The Shirui Festival is held in honour of the state flower Shirui Lily, which is found in the hills of Tangkhul Naga-dominated Ukhrul district. The festival is scheduled from May 20 to May 24. Meanwhile, NSCN, in a statement, has called the directives of the Kuki group as "outrageous" and "provocative". "NSCN shall not tolerate if KZVV EZ makes any wild attempt to disturb the streaming tourists targeting any particular community travelling to Ukhrul/Shirui village. Let this message be loud and clear that the territorial jurisdiction of the so-called Kukiland doesn't cover even an inch of Naga territory in Ukhrul," it said. On the other hand, Kuki group 'Village Volunteers Eastern Zone' has stated that it has "no affiliation" and "no connection" with the Kuki Zo Village Volunteers Eastern Zone. More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic conflict between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Time of India
Meitei man held for torturing his wife belonging to Kuki community
In Manipur, police arrested Inaocha Khaidem for allegedly torturing his Kuki wife. The woman faced severe abuse from her husband and his family. Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights condemned the violence. They reported the woman was tied up and deprived of food and water. She had previously survived an attack by a Meitei group. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Guwahati: In ethnic strife ravaged Manipur, Police on Monday arrested a man belonging to the Meitei community allegedly for severely torturing his wife, who belongs to the Kuki community.A police official said that the accused, Inaocha Khaidem, was arrested by the police after an FIR on domestic violence was registered at the women's police station in Churachandpur the FIR, it was alleged that Khaidem and his family members tortured the 21-year-old Kuki woman, who married the detainee a few years back. The woman is currently undergoing medical treatment at the Churachandpur district Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR) has strongly condemned the 'barbaric and inhumane acts perpetrated against the Kuki woman by her husband and members of the Meira Paibis (women vigilantes)'.KWOHR General Secretary Kimneihoi Lhungdim said that the Kuki woman, originally belongs the Tangjing areas of Bishnupur District and residing in New Checkon in Imphal.'She endured severe physical and psychological torture at the hands of her husband and Meira Paibis. She was brutally beaten, tied to a bed with her hands and legs bound, and left without food and water for three days,' a statement of the KWOHR added that on Sunday, the woman was abandoned at Ningthoukong Gate, where a neighbour came to her aid and transported her to a Kuki-inhabited village. Upon her arrival, she collapsed from exhaustion and injuries. Her family discovered bruises covering her entire body, the result of days of extreme said that in 2023 after the ethnic violence broke out, the women had already survived an attempted murder by members of the Meitei radical group 'Arambai Tenggol', who slit her throat and left her by the survived due to the intervention of the Manipur Police and timely medical KWOHR expresses deep disappointment that the 'Meira Paibis', a group historically formed to defend the rights and dignity of women, have turned into the instruments of ethnic hatred and violence.'As the ethnic cleansing of Kuki communities by Meitei groups continues, Meira Paibis have repeatedly been complicit in acts of violence, including the rape, torture, and killing of Kuki women and girls,' the KWOHR said and urged all concerned and human rights organisations to strongly condemn these ongoing atrocities in Manipur.
