Insurgency / Manipur

Imphal, April 24: Manipur police have arrested one of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) militants who had abducted German social worker Heinrich Wolfgang on March 23 and senior telecom official J. Lunkim the previous month.

The militant was arrested along with three other members of the same outfit during a special operation last night at Kamu Koireng under Yairipok police station of Thoubal district. The district superintendent of police led the operation.

The arrested militants were identified as Letkhohao Misao, alias Haopu, of Chandel district, Genlal Vaiphei, Thianminboi Vaiphei and Behma...

Ukhrul, April 18: At the age of 77, he is only 11 years older to his brother. But in reality, he is a father figure to his sibling, Thuingaleng Muivah.

The modest home of Sangreihan Muivah, unassuming elder brother of the NSCN (I-M) general secretary, is just like any other Naga household.

Sangreihan is reluctant to hazard a guess about what would happen as the Naga peace talks move forward. He does, however, give an idea on how things have shaped for his family since the early days of the Naga rebellion and Th. Muivah’s own association with the movement since the Sixties.

After the...

Imphal, April 15: For the better part of his life, Heisnam Megha Singh has been the voice of the campaign to safeguard the sangai, the world’s most threatened species of deer. Little did he know that Manipur police would one day hound him in the same manner this graceful animal is stalked by poachers.

In a strange turn of events, Megha Singh has found himself on the police’s “wanted” list for allegedly instigating militants to open fire on two local poachers.

It all began on January 19, when activists of the Environmental Social Reformation and Sangai Protection Forum caught the two poachers...

Imphal, April 12: The Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) has warned Manipur police that it would launch an offensive against the force if police commandos do not desist from “killing” its cadre after capturing them.

In a statement issued on the eve of the outfit’s “martyrs’ day,” which will be observed tomorrow, the RPF — the political wing of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — accused the state police of killing “revolutionaries” after arresting them.

It said during the past 20 years, nearly 200 cadre of the outfit have been killed by the force. Of these, 136 were killed by torture in...

German social worker Heinrich Wolfgang was released today after 17 days in captivity by the Kuki Liberation Army, a militant outfit in Manipur. The peace trainer was abducted on March 23 while on an inspection tour of the state. In this first person account to The Telegraph, he rues that he has missed the action in Iraq but is obviously happy to be able to communicate with his family now that his ordeal is over.

The boys told me only this morning that I would be freed. What better gift could I have asked for on my 48th birthday?

I remember that we were returning to the capital city on March...

IMPHAL, April 9: Kidnapped German Heinrich Wolfgang was today released by his captors through representatives of some NGOs in Itham Moirangpurel area in Imphal East district of Manipur, official sources said, reports PTI. The sources said Wolfgang, kidnapped from Maphou area in Thoubal district on March 23 by activists of the underground Kuki Liberation Army (KLA), was now being kept in a hotel here with security guards. The KLA had earlier demanded Rs one crore for the release of the foreigner but it was not immediately known whether any amount was paid to the ultras to secure the safe...

Imphal, April 6: The United Liberation Front of Manipur (UNLF) today said it was protecting the Bengalis of Jiribam from a ?terrorist organisation? and also denied issuing any quit notices to the community.

Reacting to a report published today under the headline ?UNLF diktat prompts exodus, villagers flee Manipur sub-division?, the outfit said it has ?neither issued any quit notice nor imposed any tax on the Bengali community settled in Jiribam?.

?On the contrary, it is the UNLF that has been protecting the minority communities in Jiribam, including the Bengalis, from the relentless...

Silchar, April 5: The ethnic violence sweeping across Assam?s Cachar and North Cachar Hills districts have spilled over to the adjacent Jiribam subdivision in Manipur.

More than 130 people belonging to the Bengali community have fled from Jiribam to Lakhipur in Cachar following relentless persecution by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF).

Official sources in Lakhipur today said these people left their home and hearths yesterday to escape the wrath of the UNLF militants, who have been constantly demanding ?taxes? from the villagers.

The people, mostly from Chhotebekra, Badebaekra...

IMPHAL, April 4 – Formed three years ago with an objective to bring all the Kuki underground outfits operating in this border and volatile state into one common platform, the United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) has once again appealed to all kuki groups to come forward to achieve its common goal. “Our main motto is Kilungkhat Galjo in our local tongue which signifies re-unification among the Kuki outfits under one common agenda” says S S Haokip, Commander in-Chief of the UKLF.

There are around five Kuki underground outfits in Manipur even though the Kuki population is comparatively lesser...

DIMAPUR, April 2 — The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland has also joined the bandwagon of several of those organizations pleading the early and safe release of the German national from the clutches of its abductors in Manipur. While condemning the abduction of a German social worker, Heinrich Wolfgang, working for financial management service foundation as peace trainer in Manipur by a Kuki armed group the NSCN-IM appealed to the abductors for his safe and unconditional release in the best interest of peace and justice for all at the earliest.

The German...