New Delhi:
In an eight-point resolution issued minutes before midnight on Monday, the state Cabinet resolved to “launch a massive operation within seven days against Kuki militants responsible for the killing of six innocent women and children in Jiribam .”
- The Manipur Cabinet, during a five-hour meeting on Monday, took several major decisions to curb the violence that has been going on in the state for the last two weeks. Nine people have lost their lives in this violence. Not only this, security forces have also killed ten Kuki militants in Jiribam district.
- In an eight-point resolution issued minutes before midnight on Monday, the state Cabinet resolved to “launch a massive operation within seven days against Kuki militants responsible for the killing of six innocent women and children in Jiribam .” The Cabinet also demanded “declaration of Kuki militants responsible for the killing of six innocent women and children as ‘unlawful organisation’ within seven days”. If implemented, the Kuki militants responsible for the hostage-taking and killing would be declared a terrorist group.
- Six members of a family – all internally displaced people from the Meitei community – including an eight-month-old infant, a two-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, were killed after being taken hostage by Kuki militants on November 11. Was given.
- Three bodies, including that of an infant, were found in a river in the neighboring district of Assam on Friday. A source at Silchar Hospital, where the body was kept, told NDTV that the baby’s body was bloated, making the body bag appear larger than when the baby was alive. Three more bodies were also recovered between Saturday and Monday. Government sources told NDTV that post-mortem of the bodies has been done, but the full report has not been shared with the authorities yet.
- Police sources told NDTV that at least two dozen suspected Kuki militants had divided into two groups before carrying out the attack at Borobekara in Jiribam on November 11. According to sources, one group took civilians hostage and the other vandalized and set fire to houses. Police said in a statement that ten militants from the group that attacked the CRPF camp have been killed. The Kuki tribes claim that “10 people were village volunteers”.
- The Cabinet has decided to hand over three cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). These cases are the terrorist attack in Jiribam on 11 November in which civilian hostages were abducted and killed, the killing of a woman from the Hmar tribe in Jiribam on 7 November (in an attack by suspected Meitei militants), and the attack in the Valley district on 9 November. Murder of a female farmer from Meitei community in Bishnupur.
- Regarding the implementation of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in six more police station areas, the proposal said, “The Central Government will review the implementation of AFSPA with immediate effect as per the order dated November 14, 2024.” This law ensures that in the area where AFSPA is in force, no army personnel can be prosecuted without the permission of the Centre. The cabinet resolution said all National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MLAs in the state will consult the people and decide the course of action “if the proposals are not implemented within the specified period”.
- Monday’s resolution acknowledged a statement made by the state cabinet on November 16, which said the peace process between the Thadu and Hmar tribes and the Meitei community has just started bearing fruit, and all parties are working towards normalcy. Are responding positively to returning. The Rongmei Naga tribe also expressed strong support for an early end to the crisis. However, the state Cabinet had said it was “disappointed at the derailment of the (peace) process by some vested interest groups…”
- The 16 November statement said that “Kuki miscreants” burnt several houses in Jiribam district and attacked the Borobekara police station on 19 October. It said the following: On October 26, “Kuki miscreants” again set fire to a house in Maulkangthol village in the same district. On November 3, Jiribam police rescued a Vaiphei woman from Chandrapur Rani Veng Babupara and handed her over to her family.
- On November 7, Meitei miscreants killed a Hmar woman and set fire to several houses in Zairavan village. The same day, Kuki miscreants attacked Mongbang Meitei village with bombs. On 11 November, the CRPF effectively repelled an armed attack by Kuki militants on Borobekara police station, which housed a relief camp, killing 11 militants. In the attack, Kuki militants killed two Meitei civilians. 27 MLAs attended the cabinet meeting on Monday. Seven MLAs did not turn up due to medical and other personal reasons; 11 MLAs did not come and did not even give any reason. There are 60 seats in Manipur Assembly. Of these, 10 MLAs are from the Kuki-Jo tribe and they are demanding the formation of a separate administration from Manipur.
