Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Manipur on Sunday. Instructed the top security officials to take all possible steps to ensure peace in the state. Sources gave this information. Amit Shah held this meeting soon after returning from canceling his election rallies in Maharashtra.
Now another meeting will be held on Monday
According to sources, the Home Minister reviewed the security situation in Manipur with top security officials and directed them to take all possible steps to ensure peace. He said Shah would hold a more detailed meeting with top officials on Monday.
Violence has been raging since May last year
The government has taken this step at a time when the situation in Manipur is volatile due to protests and violence following the discovery of bodies of women and children. Manipur has been facing ethnic conflict since May last year.
Miscreants set fire to BJP MLA’s house
An angry mob set ablaze the houses of three more BJP MLAs and one Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley in Manipur, officials said. He said the protesters also tried to attack the ancestral residence of state Chief Minister N Biren Singh. However, the police stopped them.
Violent protests in Imphal on Saturday
Protesters turned violent in different parts of Imphal Valley on Saturday after the bodies of three women and three children were found in Jiribam district. After this, an indefinite curfew was imposed here. An angry mob also attacked the houses of three state ministers and six MLAs on Saturday.
The house of these MLAs was set on fire
According to officials, the protesters torched the houses of Public Works Minister Govinddas Konthoujam in Ningthokhong, BJP MLA Y Radheshyam from Hyanglam in Langmeidong Bazar, BJP MLA Paunam Brogen from Wangjing Tentha in Thoubal district and Congress MLA Lokeshwar from Khundrakpam in Imphal East district. .
The property of the house was also vandalized
An angry mob attacked the MLAs’ residential complex, police officials said. Vandalized property and set houses on fire. However, the MLA and his family members were not present at home during this time.
Security forces instructed to take necessary action
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 been critical for the past few days.
More than 200 people have died in the violence so far
Keeping in view the dire situation, the Center on Thursday reimposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in six police station areas of the state, including violence-hit Jiribam. More than 200 people have been killed and thousands left homeless in ethnic violence between the Meitis, who live in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Jo community, who live in the nearby hills.
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