Imphal, July 10: Both Meiteis and tribal Kukis of strife-torn Manipur have widely been found using quadcopters to identify locations of each other to launch attacks.

Over 100 civilians have been killed in the ethnic-violence in Manipur.

Despite the presence of security forces, Loibol in Senapati district and Leimaram in Bishnupur district have been the hotspots of violence.

“The drones had thus been providing to be both a boon and a bane. Army and Assam Rifles personnel are deploying drones to rescue people,” said an official.

He said the security personnel located armed assailants using quadcopters in Kakching district of South East Manipur and rescued nearly 2,000 civilians.

“The security men engaged the assailants in a fight, other teams rescued the civilians in vehicles using a different route from Serou to Pangaltabi. There have been places like Phougakchao, Kangvai Bazar and Torbung Bazar in the southwest part of Manipur where the quadcopters have been put to extensive use by the two communities where their villages face each other,” the official said.

The official said, “Noting that counter-measures were being put in place to deal with this, the security forces have created buffer zones at these places to keep the agitated communities away from each other”.

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