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United News of India
19-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Militant nabbed in Manipur
States » East Imphal, May 19 (UNI) Manipur Police conducted combing operations during the last 24 hours and nabbed a militant from Mayang Imphal Bazar under Mayang Imphal-PS, Imphal West District. He was involved in extortion activities , police said. Manipur Police has also intensified security at Ukhrul in view of the ensuing Shirui festival to ensure safe passage of people. More security personnel are stationed around a few Kuki homes in the district as Kuki militants and Kuki Students Organisation, Delhi President, Guite, asked Kuki to kill belonging to a particular community. UNI NS ARN
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Manipur Police file FIR against Kuki leader for threatening Meiteis
Guwahati: Manipur Police have filed an FIR against Paojakhup Guite, the president of the Kuki Student Organisation (KSO), Delhi & NCR, for threatening not to allow Meiteis to cross the buffer zone to attend the Shirui Lily Festival next week in Manipur's Ukhrul district. Manipur Police assured full security to everyone attending the fifth edition of the state-level festival in Ukhrul district, which is predominantly inhabited by Nagas. The police already launched a search operation to nab Guite, besides requesting its neighbouring northeastern states to apprehend the Kuki organisation leader. "As regards to one Paojakhup Guite, Prez KSO Delhi threats (in a video) to the Meitei, to not allow to cross the buffer zone to attend the upcoming Shirui Festival in Ukhrul, which is circulated in social media since yesterday," Manipur Police said in a post on 'X' on Saturday. Churachandpur district police registered the FIR, stating that all efforts, including raids in nearby districts, are being made for his immediate arrest. "The police of neighbouring states of Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland & Meghalaya etc have been requested for arresting him as quickly as possible," read the post. The KSO, Delhi & NCR, on the other hand, condemned the lodging of the FIR against Guite. The organisation called the FIR 'politically motivated'. "This spurious and vindictive move is nothing short of an assault on democratic values and a blatant attempt to criminalise the voice of a historically oppressed and marginalised community," KSO, Delhi & NCR, said in a statement. The organisation said that Guite's recent public address in Churachandpur — where he critically questioned the true motives behind the organisation of the Shirui Lily Festival — highlighted 'valid concerns about deliberate encroachments on demarcated buffer zones, which were established to maintain peace amid a devastating ethnic conflict'. "His words echoed the deeply rooted fears of the Kuki people, who have long endured state apathy, systemic exclusion, and institutionalised discrimination," the organisation said. The KSO, Delhi & NCR, observed the FIR not merely as an attack on their president but as part of a broader and dangerous campaign to delegitimise Kuki leadership. The organisation demanded the unconditional and immediate withdrawal of the FIR against Guite. "Let it be crystal clear: speaking truth to power is not sedition — it is an act of democratic courage. We will continue to speak, to mobilise, and to resist every act of state repression with unwavering determination and collective strength. The fight for justice is far from over, and our voices will only grow louder," the organisation said. The Shirui Festival is organised in honour of Manipur's state flower, the Shirui Lily. The flower is found in the hills of the Tangkhul Naga-majority Ukhrul district. The festival is scheduled from May 20 to May 24, and the nearly 80km route from Imphal to the Ukhrul district headquarters passes through several villages inhabited by Kukis, who have been at loggerheads with the Meiteis since the beginning of the ethnic conflict in Manipur in May 2023.
India Today
17-05-2025
- India Today
Manipur: Case against Kuki student leader who threatened Meiteis ahead of festival
A case has been registered against Paojakhup Guite, president of the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), Delhi, after a video surfaced on social media allegedly showing him issuing threats to the Meitei community, warning them not to cross the buffer zone to attend the upcoming Shirui Lily Festival in two communities have been at loggerheads, resulting in widespread ethnic violence that has ravaged the state since May Police confirmed an FIR has been registered against Guite and stated that a search operation to nab him has been launched. "As regards to one Paojakhup Guite, President of KSO Delhi, who threatened the Meitei community in a video circulated on social media, an FIR has been registered. Raids are being conducted in nearby districts for his immediate arrest," Manipur Police said in a post on an effort to expedite the search, authorities have also reached out to police departments in neighbouring states — Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya — seeking assistance in locating and apprehending Guite."The police of neighbouring states of Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland & Meghalaya etc have been requested for arresting him as quickly as possible. All necessary security arrangements shall be made to ensure security of people attending the Shirui festival," the post further security has been heightened ahead of the 5th Shirui Lily Festival, scheduled to take place from May 20 to 24 in Manipur's Ukhrul district. Law enforcement agencies have assured the public of robust security arrangements to ensure the festival proceeds peacefully and without Shirui Lily Festival, a state-level cultural celebration named after the rare Shirui Lily found in the region, is being held outside Imphal city for the first Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla recently chaired a preparatory meeting of the festival's organising facilitate public participation, the Manipur State Transport (MST) has announced special bus services from Imphal to Ukhrul from May 20 to 24. Three buses will operate daily between the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Imphal, and Shirui Public Ground, Ukhrul, with tickets priced at Rs 200 per continue to monitor the situation closely and have urged citizens to maintain peace and harmony during the festival ETHNIC VIOLENCEOn May 3, 2023, ethnic violence erupted in Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribal community from the surrounding hills following a High Court's order that recommended a Scheduled Tribe status for the dominant Meitei led to the death of nearly 250 people and 60,000 others were displaced. This decision was later criticised by the Supreme Watch IN THIS STORY#Manipur
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
FIR against Kuki student union president ‘for threatening' Meiteis
GUWAHATI: Manipur police have filed an FIR against Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Delhi and NCR president Paojakhup Guite after a video surfaced showing him threatening to block Meitei people from crossing buffer zones to attend next week's Shirui Lily festival in Ukhrul district. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Police launched a search to arrest Guite. Police in Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya have also been asked to assist in his arrest, officials said Saturday. The festival celebrates state flower Shirui Lily, found only in Tangkhul Naga-majority hills of Ukhrul. Police have assured protection for participants traveling to Ukhrul.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Manipur extends services of 10,500 Village Defence Force personnel till March 2026 amid fresh security challenges
Live Events Search operation Militants arrested (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: The Manipur government has extended the services of 10,500 Village Defence Force (VDF) personnel for one more government's Home Department's Joint Secretary, Mayengbam Veto Singh, said that the state government recognises the roles played by the VDF personnel as a major component of manpower of the Manipur Police in providing security to the general added that as per terms and conditions of service of VDF, engagement of VDF would be initially for one year and extendable from time to time as per the requirement of the situation and the state government from time-to-time extended the period of engagement of VDF personnel after verification of requirement and said that the Governor-in-Council in its meeting, on Thursday, had approved the extension of the period of engagement of service of the existing 10,500 VDF personnel for a period of one year with effect from April 1, 2025, and till March 31, VDF personnel were deployed across the state and assisted the security forces in maintaining the law-and-order situation and ensuring the security of the villagers and local Ajay Kumar Bhalla chaired the meeting of 'Governor-in-Council' on Thursday at the Raj earlier the All-Manipur VDF Employees' Welfare Association threatened to launch an agitation demanding to extend their service period and increase their VDF personnel were also deployed in many conflict-prone red zones assisting in counter-insurgency operations and protecting civilians in peripheral Police on Saturday launched a massive search operation and requested four neighbouring northeastern states to nab a Kuki organisation leader who recently warned members of the Meitei community against entering Kuki tribal-dominated areas during the upcoming Shirui Lily Police in a statement on Saturday said that Paojakhup Guite, President of the Delhi unit of Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), threatened the Meitei community not to cross the buffer zone to attend the upcoming Shirui Lily Festival in Ukhrul district, which is inhabited by the Kuki-Zo-Hmar tribal community people.'A video of Guite's threat to the Meitei community people was earlier circulated on social media,' the statement said, adding that Police in Churachandpur district have registered an FIR and all efforts, including raids in nearby districts, are being made for his immediate Police also requested the police authority of four neighbouring northeastern states - Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya - to arrest Guite as quickly as police also released a photograph of Guite.'All necessary security arrangements shall be made to ensure the security of people attending the Shirui Lily festival next week,' the statement Police have earlier refuted the existence of a group calling itself the 'Kuki Zo Village Volunteers Eastern Zone', which recently reportedly circulated a statement warning members of the Meitei community against entering Kuki-dominated areas during the upcoming Shirui Lily Lily Festival, mostly organised by the Meitei community, is celebrated in honour of the state flower, Shirui Lily. The celebration is during the peak blooming season of the Shirui Lily, a rare and endangered flower that can only be found in extremists belonging to various banned groups were arrested in the past 24 hours from different districts of the trouble-torn state of Manipur in combined operations by security forces.A police official said that the nine militants were arrested from five districts -- Imphal East, Imphal West, Churachandpur, Thoubal and arrested ultras belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Chin Kuki National Defence Force (CKNDF) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF).The arrested militants were involved in abduction, different types of crimes, threatening people for various purposes, forcible collection of money from contractors, traders, government employees, common men and others.
