Ethnic Conflict in Northeast India

3 Killed In Fresh Violence In Manipur, BJP MLA Blames Central Forces​

Manipur violence: Two men, father and son, and another person at the adjoining house, were killed in the firing. They were unarmed villagers guarding their houses.​

If the proper action is not taken immediately, peace and normalcy would not be restored in the state, the BJP MLA said.

"Certain proactive measures need to be taken immediately, and the Chief Security Advisor must look into these aspects. There are people behind the militants to create trouble. Who is supplying arms and ammunition to them (militants). Central government must answer these questions. There is violence going on for more than three months. Central government must take certain stringent measures to stop violence, otherwise the situation would go out of control. Manipur needs peace and normalcy," he added.

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The Manipur Police on Friday said joint forces conducted search operations in vulnerable and fringe areas of the strife-torn state and destroyed seven illegal bunkers after fresh violence broke out across various districts.

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The return of Meitei insurgents marks a new turn in Manipur conflict​

Back from Myanmar, militant cadres are adding firepower to the Meitei side in the state’s ongoing civil war.​

An old insurgency​

Meitei insurgency arose in the 1960s as a result of festering disaffection over the

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between the erstwhile Manipuri king, Maharaja Bodhachandra, and the Indian government.

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Unlike most other ethnic insurgencies in the North East which have ended with peace pacts signed with the Centre, the Meitei insurgent groups have continued to hold on to their separatist demands, refusing to engage in political dialogue with the Indian state. The United Liberation Front of Manipur is, in fact, said to be the

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in the North East – despite having splintered into factions.

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Indian Army soldier on leave abducted and killed by miscreants in Manipur​

"An Indian Army soldier, Sep Serto Thangthang Kom (41), was abducted & later killed, by 3 unidentified miscreants, while on leave at Tarung, Happy Valley, Imphal West. He was deployed at DSC Platoon, Leimakhong, Manipur. He is survived by his wife & 2 children," the Public Relations Officer (PRO) & Spokesperson, Ministry of Defence, Nagaland, Manipur & Rest of Arunachal Pradesh wrote on X.

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Curfew in parts of India’s Manipur after protests over killing of students​

“Indefinite curfew had to be implemented in Imphal and in some other districts,” L Kailun, a senior police official posted in Imphal, said on Thursday.

More than 80 students were injured in Wednesday’s clashes, another police official said on condition of anonymity, adding that the situation was “extremely tense” after armed mobs vandalised an office of the governing party and hurled petrol bombs at the police parties.

Mobile internet services have been suspended in the state for five days, officials said.

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