Kuki MLAs allege excesses by police
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 03 2023:
The 10 Kuki MLAs have alleged police personnel of committing atrocities against Kuki women and civilians.
This accusation from the 10 MLAs followed the operation launched by the state police and central forces to arrest the culprits behind the killing of Moreh sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Chingtham Anandkumar, who was shot dead by a sniper of a suspected newly formed Kuki militant group.
In a statement, the 10 Kuki-Zo-Hmar MLAs highlighted the "unprofessional conduct and inhumane excesses" of the Manipur police.
The MLAs accused the police commandos of "inhumane excesses" against Kuki-Zomi-Hmar civilians at Moreh in Tengnoupal district.
They also alleged that the police commandos destroyed houses, properties and vehicles of Sinam Kuki village in Tengnoupal district.
"In the operations that are underway at Moreh, the state forces resorted to arson, indiscriminate firing, looting of civilian properties, vehicles, house hold items, including valuable ornaments/documents/gold/cash and unprovoked brutality forcing common people, including women and children to flee into the nearby jungle," the statement said.
"The lack of faith that our people have in the state forces stemmed from the innumerable instances of their direct involvement in attacking Kuki-Zomi-Hmar villages during the current conflict, " they said.
"We appeal to the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India), to intervene into the matter at once and ensure withdrawal of all the commandos deployed in Moreh and other Kuki-Zomi-Hmar tribal areas and replace them with neutral central forces," the MLAs said.
"Further, we demand that all erring state police/commando personnel should be booked as per law" .