DGP refutes claim of 10 Kuki MLAs
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 19 2023:
Director General of Police (DGP), Ma-nipur P Doungel has refuted the contention by 10 tribal (Kuki) MLAs in their letter addressed to the union home minister on May 15 regarding disarming of all Kuki police officers.
In statement dated May 19 issued by the DGP, the police chief stated that he came across media reports regarding a letter addressed to the union home minister by 10 tribal MLAs that read "As it was pre-mediated, all Kuki police officers from the DG/Addl DC/Jt DC down to the constables were stripped of all powers, disarmed and ren-dered inactive much prior to May 3, while Meitei police were let loose upon Kuki residents of the city as well as of the foothill villages on May 3 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." The DGP then clarified that there is no such action taken by the government or from any quarter.
All the Kuki/Meitei policemen right from DGP to the lowest rank, whether in Khaki or in Green, are all performing their duties to their best wherever they are assigned, he maintained.
Mention may be made that the 10 Kuki MLAs in their memorandum submitted to union home minister Amit Shah on May 15 alleged disarming and stripping of power from all Kuki police officers and personnel, and all Meetei police person-nel have left their posts in police stations located in all the hill districts in an attempt to justify their demand for a separate ad-ministration.