Alert in Delhi to prevent Kuki, Meitei clash
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 14 2023:
An alert has reportedly been sounded in Delhi following inputs about possible clash between Kuki and Meitei people residing in the national.
According to a crash message from the office of the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of special branch, Delhi police has intimated to departments concerned and district commissioners with regard to possible communal clashes between people belonging to the Kuki and Meitei communities from Manipur.
The message stated the locations where people belonging to the Meitei and Kuki communities from Manipur are residing in Delhi.
Most of them are residing in the areas of Munirka, Saf-darjung Enclave, Kishangarh, Patel Chest, Vijay Nagar, Bu-ran, Mukherjee Nagar, Sunlight Colony, Nehru Vihar, Gandhi Vihar, Shanti Niken-tan, JNU hostel, DU main campus and Rajouri Garden.
The precautionary mea sures have been taken in the backdrop of ongoing communal violence that started on May 3 between the two communities costing over 130 lives, displacing 60,000 people, and burning down over 6000 houses in Manipur.
The message also states that input has been received that the people of both communities residing in Delhi may clash and attack each other, which may create a law and order situation.