Insurgency / Manipur

Imphal, June 08: The victims of Assam Rifles reprisals following the May 17 ambush near Leplen Kuki village in Ukhrul district have demanded an ironclad guarantee of safety for the villagers from the chief minister, O Ibobi Singh, and the commanding officer of the 25 Assam Rifles. The chairman of the relief committee formed to aid the victims, Ngamjalen Singsit, told media persons at a press conference held at JN Hospital that the victims are still afraid to return to their villages without such a guarantee. Singsit acknowledged that the chief minister O Ibobi had provided a sum of Rs 10,000...

IMPHAL, June 8 ? Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said Thursday night that his government would not withdraw the arrest warrant issued against NSCN (I-M) Central Secretary Th. Muivah even if the Gentre asked the State to do the same, reports PTI. In case the Centre instructed the State to withdraw cases against Muivah, the State would ask the Centre on what conditions the cases against the NSCN (I-M) leader could be withdrawn, Singh told newspersons here. The Chief Minister said Manipur Government had issued an arrest warrant against Muivah in April 1994 and announced a cash reward of...

Imphal, June 07: The underground Zomi Revolutionary Army, ZRA, clarifying with regard to June 1 encounter near Aina village in Churachandpur district in which six PREPAK cadres were killed, has described as false and unfounded the charge that the PREPAK cadres were slain despite fully being aware of their identities. A statement issued by the ZRA’s public information wing claimed that the incident occurred when an unidentified group armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons indiscriminately fired at a ZRA party. It said the identity of the armed group was known only after the security...

Imphal, June 06: The memories of pain and trauma still refuse to go away as 42 victims of AR atrocities are still undergoing treatment at JN hospital. These 42 are part of the villagers who had to bear the brunt of the security personnel ire after the Assam Rifles personnel went berserk following the Leplen ambush which killed 11 AR men. One particular case which will make the stomach churn of even the most hardened men is the sight of a young woman who has just given birth to a child. This young woman was brutalized by the rampaging security personnel just two days after she delivered a child...

IMPHAL, June 5 ? People?s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) today blamed Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) for killing six of its members on Saturday in Manipur?s Churachanpur district, a PREPAK statement said. ZRA members gunned down PREPAK members even after knowing their identities, the statement said and demanded an explanation from ZRA, which has been fighting for integration of Zomi tribes in India (Churachandpur), Bangladesh and Myanmar. Six members of the banned PREPAK had been killed in factional fight in Churachandpur on Saturday, official sources said. The ?Military Affairs...

Imphal, June 04: The underground People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, PREPAK, has held the Zomi Revolutionary Army, ZRA, responsible for the cold-blooded killing of six of its cadres inside Churachandpur district on June 1 last. The military affairs committee of the PREPAK, in a statement issued here, charged that the PREPAK cadres were slain by the ZRA despite their identities being made known and demanded an explanation from the Zomi outfit. It identified its slain Red Army cadres as EL Bethel Hmar alias Tomba Hmar, 28, of Nungthulen, Tipaimukh, Laishram Khogendro, alias Thumba, 23...

Imphal, June 04: Nightmare continues to haunt the villagers of Khomunom and its adjoining villages as one of the six persons who were in Assam Rifles custody for six days was again picked up today. Following the attack on AR personnel by the underground KRA on May 27 in which 11 security men were killed, six persons were picked up from Khomunom village in the morning of May 29 by the Assam Rifles men and were taken to the Assam Rifles post at Sanakeithel. It is located about 15 kms from Leplen village. Speaking to reporters at New Lambulane today the secretary of the village, Thangchuan...

Imphal, June 03: The crackdown by the Assam Rifles on the villages located in the vicinity of Liplen Kuki village, where 11 AR men were killed in an ambush last Monday, is still continuing without any intervention from the state authorities, according to reports reaching here. Apart from the AR troops posted at the Sanakeithel post, troops from Assam Rifles posts at Kachai in Ukhrul and Kangpokpi have descended on the area since May 28 afternoon. Reports said atrocities by the AR personnel against civilians have continued over the last week in various villages in the area. Eleven villagers of...

IMPHAL, June 3 ? The villagers of Sanakeithel along the Imphal-Ukhrul line are reportedly facing harassments and even physical assaults allegedly by the Assam Rifles personnel in the aftermath of the Leplen incident wherein 11 Assam Rifles personnel were killed in an underground activists attack.

Reports reaching here said the Assam Rifles personnel allegedly entered Khomunnom Kuki village and physically assaulted many persons. The seriously injured included village authority member, village church secretary, village youth club secretary and chief of the village Thangneikhup. Some of them...

Imphal, June 01: A reign of terror has been let loose in the Kuki villages located in the vicinity of Liplen Kuki village, near where 11 personnel of the 25th Assam Rifles were killed in an ambush last Monday, according to reports from the area. Reports said at least 28 villagers of Dongsung and Liplen Kuki villagers were seriously injured after they were brutally assaulted and tortured by Assam Rifles personnel last night and this morning. In all 24 of the injured villagers have been admitted to JN hospital. The condition of some of them is described as critical when 1FP did a round this...