A criminal case has been registered against Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh by the Manipur Police for allegedly promoting enmity between groups and criminal conspiracy.
As per media reports, following a complaint by the Kuki Students Organisation (KSO), Sadar Hills, Kangpokpi, the FIR was registered against Mr. Singh on July 8 at the Kangpokpi police station.
It has been reported that Mr. Singh has been booked under Sections 120B, 153A, 504, 505, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which pertain to criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc, act pre-judicial to maintenance of harmony, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, public mischief, punishment for criminal intimidation with common intention
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The Kuki groups have have accused the Meitei organisation and another gtoup called the Arambai Tenggol for instigating violence in Manipur.
Ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities that erupted after a tribal solidarity march on May 3 has claimed more than 140 lives and displaced more than 54,000 people.
All about the complaint
In their complaint, KSO members cited an interview given by Mr. Singh on June 7 where he said “Kukis are outsiders who are not indigenous to Manipur.”
In the same interview, Mr. Singh accepted that Meitei Leepun was involved in giving gun training to people who have gun licences and declared that if the government, either in Delhi or in Manipur, did not intervene quickly, “there will be a civil war and the Kukis will not be able to defend themselves.”
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According to the student organization, Mr. Singh, in a tweet posted on April 28, said, “This is the right time... let’s annihilate our traditional rival on the hills and live peacefully”, which was a proof of preplanned intention to attack the Kuki community.
The KSO said in its complaint that the Meitei Leepun had its own volunteers and units everywhere, in all the districts of the hills and valleys and conducted meetings at various places.
Nagaland bars address change for Kuki people from Manipur
In a latest development, authorities of a subdivision in Nagaland’s Chümoukedima district have directed the common service centre operators not to let the Kuki people displaced from Manipur change their addresses in their Aadhaar cards.
According to an official, the decision was taken after it come to the notice of the undersigned that some displaced Kukis from Manipur had approached CSC (common service centre) operators for change of address in their Aadhaar.
Therefore,the authorities have directed all Aadhaar operator(s) operating under Medziphema Subdivision not to entertain change of address in the Aadhaar documents to avoid future complications.
The Kukis, a tribe from Nagaland, have a larger population in adjoining Manipur.
Owing to the ethnic clashes with the Meitei community in Manipur, many of them left the state.
