Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a series of meetings with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and representatives of Meitei and Kuki communities as well as other stakeholders to review the measures taken for restoring peace in the state, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday.<
As normalcy is slowing returning to Manipur after the violence which left 70 people dead and 1,700 houses burnt down, reports of the bravery and humane acts of the Army and Assam Rifles are emerging.
The party demanded immediate relief measures, treatment of the injured, evacuation of those displaced from the camps, and creation of safe spaces for communities to go back to their neighbourhoods and homes
In this press conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Professor Bhagat Oinam said that the violence in Manipur was committed under a well-planned conspiracy.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday urged people to maintain peace while informing that a high-level inquiry will be conducted to hold those responsible for the violence to account and also act on those who failed to discharge their responsibilities in containing the unrest.
Under the initiative of the Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), KSO, Churachandpur District Administration and 9 sector Assam Rifles evacuated 518 stranded people including medical students and shifted them to Imphal on Monday.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday expressed his gratitude and thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his constant support as the situation in the state continues to improve.
As violence gripped several parts of Manipur, Kuldeep Singh, security advisor to the Manipur government, said on Sunday that tension continued to prevail in some areas of Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Moreh.