Manipur Violence: In view of the violence in Manipur, the Central Government has taken a big step. The Center has reintroduced the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, under which an area is declared “disturbed” to facilitate operations of security forces, in six police station areas of Manipur, including violence-hit Jiribam. The Union Home Ministry has ordered in a notification that this decision has been taken in view of the continuing unstable situation due to the ongoing caste violence there.
The police station areas where AFSPA has been re-imposed are Sekmai and Lamsang in Imphal West district, Lamlai in Imphal East district, Jiribam in Jiribam district, Lemakhong in Kangpokpi and Moirang in Bishnupur. The new order has come after the decision of the Manipur government, in which these six are also included. Let us tell you that on October 1, the Manipur government had implemented AFSPA in the entire state except 19 police station areas.
11 suspected terrorists killed in firing
Eleven suspected terrorists were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after militants wearing camouflage uniforms and armed with sophisticated weapons opened indiscriminate fire on a police station and a nearby CRPF camp in Manipur's Jiribam district. A day later, armed terrorists abducted six civilians, including women and children, from the same district. More than 200 people have been killed and thousands left homeless in ethnic violence between the Meiteis in the Imphal Valley and the Kuki-Jo groups based in the nearby hills since May last year. The ethnically diverse Jiribam, who live in the Imphal Valley and the surrounding hills Largely untouched by the clashes, June this year saw violence after the mutilated body of a farmer was found in a field.
