'Men in black' seen heading towards valley area
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 14 2023:
A large number of people clad in black outfits were captured in a drone footage moving towards Torbung and the valley from Chura chandpur a few days ago.
According to a source, amid concerns of entry of Myanmar-based Chin-Kuki militants in Churachandpur and other districts bordering Myanmar, footage from a drone recovered on June 12 shows large number of people wearing black outfits passing through a sugarcane farm and moving towards Torbung area located between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts.
All of the people wore the same colour of cloth and were seen moving slowly across the farm areas into Torbung Govindpur of Bishupur district from areas of Churachandpur district.
It may be mentioned here that since ATSUM's Tribal Solidarity March on May 3, volunteers of ITLF have been staging various protests while wearing black t-shirts.
The volunteers also have worn black t-shirts during protests staged in Delhi and other areas.
The incident at Govindpur on June 12 after the Governor of Manipur returned from Churachandpur and had just passed through Govindpur, also occurred after the infiltration of the black-clad people and their attempts to build bunkers in Govindpur.
Security forces had fired several rounds, killing one and injuring two of the black-clad youths, one of whom also died later.