DGP rebuts claim
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 19 2023:
DGP P Doungel has flatly rejected the allegation that all Kuki police officers from the DG/Addl DG/Jt DG down to the Constables were stripped of all powers, disarmed and rendered inactive much prior to May 3 .
Quoting a letter submitted by ten tribal MLAs to the Union Home Minister, a section of the press reported that, "As it was premeditated, all Kuki police officers from the DG/Addl DG/ Jt DG down to the Constables were stripped of all powers, disarmed and rendered inactive much prior to the 3rd of May while Meitei police were let loose upon Kuki residents of the city as well as of the foothill villages on the 3rd of May and thereafter.
As a result of the backlash in the hill areas, all Meitei police staff have abandoned their posts in all the hill stations" .
Refuting the allegation, DGP P Doungel has clarified that no such action was taken by the Government or from any quarter.
All the Kuki/Meitei policemen right from the DGP to the lowest rank, whether in Khaki or in Green, are all performing their duties to their best wherever they are assigned.