Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi:
People from all communities have started surrendering looted and illegally hand weapons in manipur, days after governor ajay kumar bhalla requested them to do so with Anyone with Illegal and Looted Weapons who Miss the deadline will face strict action.
Some members of the Kuki-Zo Tribes Deposited Firearms to the Assam Rifles and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Churachandpur District Today, the police said in a statement.
The Firearms Include M16, AK Series, Insas, Self-LODING RIFLE, And Mortar Rounds, Among others.
Some members of the Meitei Community also also came forward and Deposited Firearms to the Police in Imphal Valley, the police said.
In Kakching District, The Police received a less weapons including .303 rifles, bulletproof vests, and ammunition.
In kangpokpi district's saparmeina, people deposited firearms and ammunition include ak series and insa assault rifles to the officer in charge of the locice station.
In response to the appeal made by hon'ble governor, manipur on 20.02.2025, urising individuals to surrender illgal arms and ammunition, several weapons and related items was handed over to the authoritia Follows –
i) at sp-kakching, kakching district:
01 (one) no of .303 … pic.twitter.com/1S4TK8P9LW– Manipur Police (@Manipur_Police) February 22, 2025
The surrendered firearms in Churarachandpur, 65 km from the state capital imphal, was shown to reporters today at the comp of the 27 assam rifles in the presence of the presence of the distrust administer, the statue.
They said this is the first step towards de-vegetable and creating a safe and secure atmosphere where regular activities can be booted.
In any movement towards a normal life, de-wheeaponization is always the first step, the statement said.
Simultaneous de-wasonization
The governor's call for surrender of looted and Illegally hand weapons by people from bot warring communities is significant since the state is under the president '. Kuki and Meitei Civil Society Organizations Have Been Asking The Center to Ensure Simultaneous Disarmament Due to the Severe Loss of Trust Between the two sides – bot according to atakkeing Villaging Villaging Villaging Village Foothills, where the Valley and the Hills Meet.
An Estimated 6,000 Firearms Were Looted from Police Stations and Armouries Across Manipur after Ethnic Classes Broke Out on May 3, 2023 Between the Valley-Dominant Meitei Community and Over a dozen right Tribes collectively knowledge as kuki, who are dominant in some hill area of manipur.
Many members of the Valley-Dominant Meitei Militia Arambai Tengol (at) have been named in cases of police Armory lootings. The at, however, say it is a Cultural Organization Compelled to take up arms as village defense defenders after infective law enforcement in the early days of the ethnic VILELENC VILELENC VILELENC VILHES The Foothills Coming Under Attacks from Kuki Milits.
Kuki Civil Society Groups have alleged the at launched attacks And Form Village Defense Forces, Trained and Armed by Milits who had signed a ceasefire of sorts [suspension of operations, or SoO, agreement] With the center and the state.
'Vouneteers' in Manipur
While Both Sides call their armed individuals “volunteers”, a similar feature is the weapons they use – AK and M Series Assault Rifles, Rocket -Propelled Grenades, Cruides, Cruise and MILITARY GRADE MORTARS, High-Ed Sniper Rifles, Survelance Drones, etc.
Banned Meitei Militant Groups Such as the Pla, Kykl and KCP That Had Backcome Nearly Extinct in Manipur for the Last 10 years also Returned from Myanmar After May 2023 and Due to the JunnaTa's Dude 'Diminishing Hollet in Areas where the few remains meitei militants camped.
The united National Liberation Front (Pambei), or unlf (p), is the only meiti militant group that signed a soo-like ceasefire with the center and the state.
The Kuki-Zo Tribes Have Nearly Two Dozen Insurgent Groups that come under two umbrella organisations called the Kuki National Organization (KNO) and the United People's Of. The Kno and upf have signed the controversial soo agreement with terms include the Insurgents Staying at Designated Camps and Their Weapons Kept in Locked Storage, to Be Monitored Regularly. Many of them face allegations of taking part in the manipur violence.
The authorities in manipur – which came under the President's Rule after Chief Resume, and internal displaced people can return home, while talks can go on amn leaders.
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