NIA Chargesheet in a Manipur Case Finds Link Between Weapons Looted and Violence Against Kukis

The NIA chargesheet, seen by ‘The Wire’, has said that persons it has arrested, belonging to the Meitei community, attended “weapons training camps” organised by cadres of a proscribed Meitei insurgent group.

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https://thewire.in/government/nia-manipur-looted-weapons-violence-against-kukis

Manipur: Mob Attacks Imphal's Fifth Indian Reserve Battalion, Kills One, Loots Arms

Sources in local police said among arms looted by the mob were six AK-47 guns, four carbines, three knot rifles and two light machine guns, besides a large cache of ammunition.

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https://thewire.in/government/manipur-imphal-mob-attack-fifth-indian-reserve-battalion

Five Months Into Manipur Conflict, Justice Evades Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones

According to the government's statistics, 178 people have been killed. Civil society groups put this number at close to 200. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced.

https://thewire.in/security/five-months-into-manipur-conflict-justice-evades-those-who-lost-their-loved-ones

Has the state really withered away in Manipur?

Instead, it has taken on a different shape: from an entity governed by a liberal social contract to one driven by an ethno-majoritarian consensus.

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https://scroll.in/article/1054009/has-the-state-really-withered-away-in-manipur

Manipur: Mob Loots Police Armoury in Bishnupur; Police Officer Killed in Imphal West

The FIR states that the mob broke open the armoury doors. Though the police tried to avert the loot by firing 327 rounds of ammunition and 20 tear smoke shells, all of it was in vain, the FIR revealed.

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https://thewire.in/security/manipur-mob-loots-police-armoury-in-bishnupur-police-officer-killed-in-imphal-west