AR refutes COCOMI slur on its troopers
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 30 2023:
Assam Rifles has strongly refuted the statement of Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) that alleged failure of Assam Rifles in maintaining peace among the clashing communities and falling short of effective manning of the Indo-Myanmar border.
According to PRO IGAR (S), Assam Rifles has robust mechanisms in place to secure the Indo-Myanmar border and to prevent any illicit activities including arms and narcotics smuggling.
It is to the credit of the strict vigilance by the Assam Rifles that there is daily recovery of arms both being smuggled from the border as also from miscreants in the hinterland, the PRO stated.
Referring the CO-COMI's statement, the PRO clarified that Assam Rifles has always upheld the rich traditions of maintaining neutrality under all circumstances and extending necessary safeguarding measures irrespective of ethnicity, social status, gender or religion.
Not only have Meitei houses been saved from irate mobs, evacuation of large numbers of Meitei people from Kuki dominated areas was also carried out through effective coordination by Assam Rifles in the past couple of months, the PRO added.