Seriousness of legal proceedings in respect of Manipur violence
- 14th September 2023 :: World Meetei Council -

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In view of the seriousness of the legal proceedings in respect of Manipur violence, WMC being an intervenor in the Supreme Court, is constrained to invite the attention of Manipur govt, especially of the Hon'ble CM in the interest of Manipur.

The following commission/Committee/SIT/Retd. IPS OFFICERS have been appointed w.r.t. the Manipur crisis by (i) the Centre and (ii) the Supreme Court (SC). The Commission of Inquiry appointed by the central government and the Three Member Committee appointed by the SC, SIT appointed by the SC and retired IPS Officers appointed by the SC have been working as per the given parameters.

However, the Manipur State govt. needs to assist the abovementioned Commission/Committee/SIT/Retd. IPS Officer by submitting the relevant documents/records/information in time, such as

(1)No. of people allegedly killed in the conflict including Meetei, kuki and others;

(2) No. of villages destroyed in Churachandpur, Moreh, Kangpokpi, Imphal east, Imphal west, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Kakching etc in the conflict as per the government records of villages. This is necessary because there are claims of fake villages being included in the list of affected villages, more so in view of the unnatural increase in the population of a concerned area or areas in light of the unchecked illegal immigrants coming into Manipur from Myanmar and Bangladesh.

(3) No. of houses burnt in all affected areas.

(4) No. of Temples, Churches and places of worships destroyed in Churachandpur, Moreh Kangpokpi Imphal east, Imphal west, Bishnupur, Thoubal, kakching etc. While making verification, the concerned authority has to take into account the fake number of churches and also distinguish between Meetei church and Kuki church.

(5) further, the concerned authority has to necessarily clarify from official record about the illegal villages and churches being settled and constructed respectively and which were removed by the State as per law. Moreover, it has also to be clarified from official record the number of illegal villages and churches removed by State as per law from the reserved and protected forest. This is to root out the fake and illegal villages and churches from the list submitted by one side or the other without any proof and verification.

Finally, one important point is while submitting the number of people killed in the conflict, the authority should be careful enough to point out the number of Indians and the number of Myanmarese. The identification/verification of citizenship can be done through govt records, NRC etc. This shouldn't be a problem.

This is very important in the light of the Hon'ble Home Minister Shri Amit Shahji's statement in the parliament.

WMC would like to draw the personal attention of the Hon'ble CM to look into the matter so that the inquiry committee/commissions could come to genuine and meaningful conclusions.

Yambem Arun Meetei
Secretary General,
CEC - World Meetei Council