Conflict in Manipur: Some Manipur Police commandos have began an “arms down” protest
Imphal/Guwahati:
A bit of Manipur Police commandos has began an “arms down” protest over allegations that senior officers requested them to restrain themselves after some 200 members of an armed group shot at and vandalised the home of a senior police officer within the state capital Imphal on Tuesday evening.
The commandos are upset they had been allegedly told not to respond with efficient hearth on the armed group, whose members additionally kidnapped Further Superintendent of Police Moirangthem Amit and his safety guard, folks with direct data of the matter mentioned.
“They had been later rescued from Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai space and admitted to Raj Medicity for medical therapy. A case has been registered on this regard and investigation has began,” the Manipur Police mentioned in a publish on X, previously Twitter. Two others had been injured.
Firing incident on the residence of Addl SP, IW, Moirangthem Amit, MPS On twenty seventh February, 2024. Armed miscreants numbering about 200 coming in autos stormed on the residence of the Further Superintendent of Police, Shri Moirangthem Amit Singh, MPS, s/o Dr. M. Kulla Singh of…
— Manipur Police (@manipur_police) February 28, 2024
Within the gunfight yesterday, the armed group broken Mr Singh’s home, autos, and a clinic, the police mentioned. The clinic belongs to Mr Singh’s household, whose seven members are medical doctors.
An enormous armed mob forcibly opened the gate and opened hearth, sources mentioned. The police officer’s father mentioned Mr Singh was not at dwelling when the assault occurred. The police officer, on listening to the incident, rushed dwelling with a bunch of commandos; nonetheless, they had been intercepted by the armed group, sources mentioned.
Visuals of the gunfight shared on social media present close by residents working for canopy at midnight amid the loud crack of automated gunfire.
The military, Assam Rifles, and state police personnel later took management of the realm, sources mentioned.
The armed group attacked the police officer’s home to power him to launch a few of its arrested members, sources mentioned.
The incident got here amid the ethnic violence and pressure within the northeast state, the place armed teams of each the hill-majority Kuki-Zo tribes and the valley-majority Meiteis are engaged in battles to regulate areas close to the foothills. The violence over disagreements on land, sources, political illustration, and affirmative motion insurance policies has dragged on for 9 months now.
Over 200 have died and hundreds have been internally displaced within the Manipur violence that started in Might 2023.
