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Hindustan Times
14-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Three arrested in two Manipur violence cases
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three individuals in two separates cases related to the Manipur ethnic violence, the agency said on Tuesday. In the first case, the federal anti-terror probe agency arrested a cadre of the militant KCP-PWG (Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group) faction in a murder and abduction case. The accused, Waikhom Rohit Singh of Thoubal Pakhangkhong Leirak, Thoubal district, was picked up by an NIA team for his involvement in the conspiracy and execution of the crime. Sharing details of the murder and abduction case, NIA said, 'In November 2023, a CRPF team deployed on naka duty in Kangchup Chingkhong area of Imphal West district had detained a Bolero vehicle. The vehicle was found carrying five persons belonging to one of the two main communities involved in the ethnic clashes in the north-eastern state. A large mob of angry persons belonging to the rival community had then gathered around and forcibly taken away four of the individuals while one had managed to escape. The bodies of three of the four persons were recovered later'. In the second case, the agency arrested two persons belonging to banned militant groups for their involvement in the brutal killing of a woman and burning and looting of houses by armed militants in Zairawn village in Jiribam district of Manipur in November last year. Accused Nongthombam Meiraba, hailing from Bishnupur district and belonging to the proscribed insurgent group United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was involved in the actual shooting of the woman, identified as Zosangkim, NIA said. The other accused, Sagolsem Sanatomba of Thoubal district, was a member of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), another insurgent outfit in Manipur, and was part of the team involved in the carnage, it added. More than 260 people were killed and thousands left homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
NDTV
13-05-2025
- NDTV
NIA Arrests 3 Militants Involved In 2 Separate Killings In Manipur
Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons belonging to banned militant groups for their involvement in the brutal killing of a woman and burning and looting of houses by armed militants in Manipur's Jiribam district in November last year, officials said on Tuesday. NIA sources said that the accused Nongthombam Meiraba, hailing from Bishnupur district and belonging to the proscribed insurgent outfit - United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was involved in the actual shooting of the woman, identified as Zosangkim. The other accused, identified as Sagolsem Sanatomba alias Surchandra Singh alias Piba of Thoubal district, was a member of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), another Manipur insurgent outfit and was part of the team involved in the carnage that occurred at Zairawn village. The two accused are in NIA custody till May 17 in the case for which investigations are continuing. NIA Arrests 2 Accused in 2024 Manipur Village Murder, Arson and Looting Case — NIA India (@NIA_India) May 13, 2025 In another incident, NIA has arrested a cadre of the militant outfit -- Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group (KCP-PWG) -- faction in an abduction and murder case relating to the ethnic clashes that took place in Manipur in 2023. According to the central probe agency source, the KCP-PWG militant identified as Waikhom Rohit Singh, a resident of Thoubal Pakhangkhong Leirak in Thoubal district, was picked up by an NIA team for his involvement in the conspiracy and execution of the crime. He is currently in judicial custody after completing his remand with the NIA. In November 2023, a CRPF team deployed on 'naka duty' in Kangchup Chingkhong area of Imphal West district had detained a Bolero vehicle. The vehicle was found carrying five persons belonging to one of the two main communities involved in the ethnic clashes in the northeastern state. A large mob of angry people belonging to the rival community had then gathered around and forcibly taken away four of the individuals, while one had managed to escape. The bodies of three of the four victims were recovered later. NIA, which had taken over the case in February 2024 on the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, is continuing with the investigation.
The Hindu
22-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Manipur police warns personnel against attending Kuki group's meeting
Guwahati The police in Manipur's Kangpokpi district have warned its personnel against attending a meeting organised by a Kuki organisation on April 30. On April 18, an organisation called Kangchup Area Protection and Development Committee issued a notice addressed to the Kuki village chiefs and Kuki personnel serving in the State police, the Manipur Rifles (MR), and the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) to attend the meeting 'without fail' if they loved their land. The committee said it was a unit of the Kuki Inpi, the top social body of the Kuki community, and claimed the meeting was organised at K. Ponlen village after 'discussions with Kuki militant groups'. The notice was signed by the committee's secretary Minlen Lhuouvum and chairman Sasat Kipgen. Kangpokpi's Superintendent of Police issued a counter-notice on April 21, 'sternly' warning all personnel of the civil police, MR, and IRB from Kuki villages against attending the meeting by a 'fictitious' organisation. It also said any uniformed personnel found attending the meeting would be considered to have 'committed gross service misconduct', entailing strict disciplinary action. Vehicle theft Cases of vehicle theft have increased over the past few days in the ethnic conflict-scarred Manipur. Police officials on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) said 75 stolen four-wheelers and seven two-wheelers were recovered from April 16 to 20 from different parts of the State. The stolen vehicles were recovered during a special drive against the illegal use of tinted film on the windows of four-wheelers. The police also arrested four members of the outlawed PREPAK (People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak) from the Imphal East district on the night of April 21. The outfit caters primarily to Meitei aspirations. Three of them were involved in the abduction of two people from the district. The abducted were later rescued. Meghalaya catch The police in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district arrested Khundongbam Herojit Meitei, the finance secretary of the Manipur-based Kangleipak Communist Party-People's War Group (KCP-PWG), from a rented house in Ri-Bhoi district's Byrnihat on April 21. The district's Senior Superintendent of Police, Vivekanand Singh Rathore, said a counter-insurgency operation was conducted after a team received intelligence inputs about a leader of a banned terror organisation of Manipur hiding in Meghalaya. 'During interrogation, he admitted to collecting money on behalf of the KCP-PWG. Two mobile phones and incriminating materials were seized from his possession,' he said. The KCP-PWG leader was hiding in the Assam-Meghalaya border area after escaping the crackdown on militant groups in Manipur. He was arrested twice before over the last eight years – in Manipur for possessing illegal firearms and in Nagaland's Dimapur in a drug trafficking case.
