Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the security situation in Manipur. Senior security officials were directed to take all possible steps to ensure peace in the state. Sources gave this information. The meeting came soon after Amit Shah returned from canceling an election rally in Maharashtra.
Now there is another meeting on Monday
According to sources, the Home Minister along with senior security officials reviewed the security situation in Manipur and directed them to take all possible steps to ensure peace. He said the Shah would hold another detailed meeting with senior officials on Monday to discuss further steps.
Violence has been rampant since last May
The government’s move comes as the situation in Manipur remains unstable due to protests and violence after the bodies of women and children were recovered. Manipur has been battling ethnic violence since May last year.
Gangsters set BJP MP’s house on fire
Angry mobs set fire to the houses of three more Bharatiya Janata Party MPs and a Congress MP in various areas in Manipur’s Imphal Valley, officials said. Protesters also tried to storm the ancestral home of state chief minister Biren Singh, he said. However, the police stopped them.
Violent protests erupt in Imphal on Saturday
Protesters in different parts of the Imphal Valley clashed violently on Saturday after the bodies of three women and three children were found in Jiribam area. Thereafter, a curfew was imposed indefinitely. Angry mobs also attacked the homes of three state ministers and six provincial councilors on Saturday.
The houses of these MLAs were set on fire
According to officials, protesters set fire to the house of Ninthohun Public Works Minister Govinddas Konthoujam, a BJP MP at Langmeidong Bazaar (Hyanglam Y Radheshyam), Houses of Paonam Brojen, the BJP MP from Thoubal ward and Khundrakpam MP from Imphal East ward. .
Property inside the house was also damaged.
Police officials said an angry mob attacked the MLA’s residential complex. Destroying property and setting houses on fire. However, the MLA and her family were not at home during this period.
Instruct security forces to take necessary measures
The Union Home Ministry said on Saturday that all security forces deployed in Manipur have been directed to take necessary steps to restore order and peace in the state, where the situation has remained grim for the past few days.
So far, more than 200 people have died in the violence
In view of the critical situation, the Center on Thursday re-implemented the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in six police station areas of the state, including Jiribam, which was hit by violence. Ethnic violence between the Meiteis living in the Imphal Valley and the Kuki-Jo community living in the nearby mountains has left more than 200 people dead and thousands more homeless.
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