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Manipur remains divided into two ethnic enclaves - a Meitei-controlled valley and Kuki-dominated hills - separated by a no-man's land monitored by federal paramilitary forces. ($1 = 83.4850 Indian ...
Nearly 10,000 army, paramilitary and Central Armed Police Forces were deployed in Manipur. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] As of 14 May, the total military build up in Manipur stood at 126 army columns and 62 companies of paramilitary forces.
Manipur is India’s unseen war – barely visible on the country’s countless TV news channels and newspapers, a conflict hidden behind the blanket shutdown of the internet that the government ...
[13] [14] The Imphal Free Press provided the information that, as soon as the news about the gun battle was circulated, "women folks" (Meira Paibis) in the Khurai Lamlong Keithel area (a suburb of Imphal City on the route to Khamenlok) blocked the roads, so that the (central) armed forces could not reach the area.
The NHRC has addressed several cases involving the armed forces in Northeast India. [36] For instance, in 1994–1995, the NHRC took cognizance of alleged killings of civilians in Ukhrul Town, Manipur, during crossfiring between the 20 Assam Rifles and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). [37]
Armed militants shot dead a senior police officer and wounded two others in separate attacks in India's Manipur on Tuesday, officials said, the latest episodes of violence in the restive state ...
Human rights violations by Indian security forces are said to have fueled the armed opposition groups in Manipur. Insurgent groups have kidnapped children to train them as child soldiers against the Indian government. Manipur was declared a “disturbed area” by the Indian government in 1980 in the Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958. [1] [2]
Indian officials confirmed that the cross border operation resulted in the death of 15-20 separatists belonging to NSCN-K who were believed to be responsible for the attack on Indian armed forces in Manipur.