Manipur Violence: Army Chief General Manoj Pande to Review Situation of Violence-Hit Manipur

IMPHAL: According to a report, on May 27 and 28, 2023, General Manoj Pande, the The Chief of Army Staff, will travel to Manipur. The The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) will travel to several places where he will meet with the local formation commanders and get a firsthand account of the situation there. He will converse with the soldiers as well.

He will meet with N Biren Singh, the chief minister, Anusuiya Uikey, the honourable governor of Manipur, and Kuldiep Singh, the chief security advisor of Manipur, on May 28, 2023, to discuss and ponder the current state of affairs and its likely course in an effort to return to normalcy as soon as possible.

On May 3, 2023, the State Administration requisitioned Army and Assam Rifles due to the internal security situation in Manipur.

Army and Assam Rifles immediately responded by deploying 135 columns to alleviate the situation by actively dominating sensitive and peripheral areas.

The Army and Assam Rifles provided quick rescue and humanitarian help to displaced civilians, and some 35,000 civilians were moved to safe zones.

Meanwhile, in order to find any armed rebels hiding in these locations, the Army and Assam Rifles started a number of search operations in the early hours of May 27 in the Manipur towns of Kangchuk, Motbung, Saikul, Pukhao, and Sagolmang.

According to authorities, few days back, new violence broke out between a group of people and suspected militants in a region bordering the troubled districts of Bishnupur and Churachandpur on Thursday, leaving one person dead and another injured.

According to reports, militants set fire to some villagers' homes late Tuesday night in Toronglaobi, Bishnupur district, according to authorities.

Amit Shah, the union home minister, pleaded with Manipur residents to uphold calm and announced that he will visit the state in a few days and remain for three days.

Moreover, due to the Manipur High Court (HC) ordering the State to follow a 10-year-old recommendation to grant the non-tribal Meitei community Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, there have been deadly intercommunal confrontations in Manipur.

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