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Security forces had recovered 0.303 rifle, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and grenade during the search operation on December 27.
Following increasing incidents of violence in Manipur, security forces have destroyed bunkers built in Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts. Manipur Police gave this information on Monday.
These bunkers were built in the areas bordering Thamnapokpi and Sansabi villages. From where the gunmen living on the hills were attacking the villages in the lower areas.
Apart from this, joint search operation of Army-Police was also going on for 5 days. The Army also recovered 9 arms and ammunition from Imphal East, Tengnoupal, Yangiangpokpi and Churachandpur from 23 December to 27 December.
When were the weapons recovered?
23 December- One light machine gun, one 12 bore single barrel gun, one 9 mm pistol, two tube launchers, explosives, ammunition. 27 December- 0.303 rifle, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and grenade were recovered. 28 December- Two double barrel and one single bore rifles were recovered from two vehicles.
This visual is from 28th December. Kuki militants opened fire in Imphal East. 2 people were injured in this.
Events of last 2 months in Manipur
28th December: A woman and a video journalist were injured in shelling in Thamanpokpi and Sanasbi.
27 December: A policeman and a local youth injured in an encounter with militants in Sansabi area.
15 December: 2 laborers from Bihar shot dead. 1 militant killed, 6 arrested in Thoubal encounter.
17 November: The situation worsened after the death of a Meitei protestor due to police firing in Jiribam district.
11 November: Security forces had killed 10 Kuki militants in Jiribam. They had kidnapped 6 Meiteis.
CM had said- Kuki-Meitei should create mutual understanding. Manipur CM Biren Singh had said on December 25 – Manipur needs immediate peace. Create mutual understanding between both the communities (Kuki-Meitei). Only BJP can save Manipur because it believes in the idea of ’living together’.
He had said that there are many reasons for what is happening in Manipur today. Today those who are trying to divide the state are asking what the government is doing. People are hungry for power. We are not against any particular community. BJP’s stand is clear. We have started building relations between the police and the people.
Operation ‘Clean’ like Jammu and Kashmir in Manipur Like Jammu and Kashmir, security forces in Manipur are running Operation Clean. The effect of this operation is that in 30 days, not only a large consignment of arms and ammunition has been seized, but more than 20 cadres of militant organizations have also been arrested.
A senior army officer had told Bhaskar that our focus is on neutralizing everything in the buffer areas of militancy. These also include those areas where no one had the courage to go in the last one and a half years. At the same time, about 40 thousand soldiers are deployed in 288 companies of Central Armed Forces across the state.
More than 600 days of caste violence in Manipur Violence continues between Kuki-Meitei in Manipur in May 2023. More than 600 days have passed since then. More than 250 people from both communities have been killed in separate incidents. More than 1500 people have been injured. 60 thousand people have left their homes and are living in relief camps. Till now 11 thousand FIRs have been registered and 500 people have been arrested.
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