CRPF DIG meets Kuki Community in Manipur, says "People have no demands, just wish to go home"
Sep 13, 2024
Kangpokpi (Manipur) [India], September 13 : DIG Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Manish Kumar Sachar visited Thangkanphai village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur and Songpehjang relief camp in Saikul Hilltown and interacted with representatives of the Kuki community.
While speaking to ANI, DIG Sachar said that over 100 families are living in the relief camp, and they don't have any demand except to get back to their normal lives.
"This is a relief camp in Kangpokpi district where around 100 families are living...They are living peacefully...But our objective is that all these families return to their homes as soon as possible and restart their lives...We are identifying their farms and taking them there...They are all living peacefully...They don't have any demand except getting back to their normal life...They want that there should not be any attack on them or any life threat to them," he said.
Earlier on September 11, DIG Sachar said that the situation was fully under control a day after fresh violence erupted in Manipur.
He said that forces are strongly giving befitting replies to the miscreants.
"The Central Reserve Police Force, Assam Rifles, and commandos of Manipur police have been deployed at Gamgiphai, the interstate state checkpost border of Kangpokpi district, which is a (Kuki area) and West Imphal District (Meitei Area) in Manipur," DIG Sachar told ANI.
"Forces are regularly checking at this naka to ensure no unauthorised entry of any man or produce. The situation is fully under control. Small incidents are taking place on the outskirts, which are being tackled by our forces and strongly giving befitting replies to the miscreants, " he added.
Meanwhile, on September 12, the Indian Army, and Manipur Police, in a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force, recovered significant quantities of arms, ammunition, and other warlike stores in the Churachandpur district.
Acting on specific information, in the Maulsang area of Churachandpur District, the Army along with Manipur Police and CRPF recovered one 7.62mm AK Series Assault Rifle with the magazine, three medium-sized countries improvised mortar (Pompi), and other war-like stores.
