Director General of Assam Rifles, Lt. General PC Nair, said during a press conference that the situation in the northeastern state is unprecedented and nothing of this sort has been seen in the past. This press conference comes a day after a huge cache of arms, ammunition, and war-like stores was found during a search operation.
Security forces recovered arms, ammunition, and a war-like store, including a 9 mm pistol, in a search operation in Manipur's Thoubal district on August 29.
Guwahati, Aug 10: In a significant development, 10 kuki MLAs have petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to remove Assam Rifles (AR) from Manipur.
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Tensions flared in Manipur Valley as the Meira Paibi, an organization of Meitei women, took to the streets on Monday to stage widespread protests against the Assam Rifles. Accusing the paramilitary force of committing "atrocities" on the Meitei community, hundreds of women carried placards and banners, demonstrating throughout the day in five districts, including Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching.
Several women on Wednesday staged protests and burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Assam Rifles at several locations in Imphal.
Also, in another joint operation, the Radhanagar Battalion of Assam Rifles with Jirighat Police Station launched an operation and seized a substantial quantity of heroin with an estimate value of Rs. 1.1 crore.
In Manipur, the security forces also installed more than a hundred checkpoints in different districts to tighten the security measures and to conduct searches in suspected vehicles
In a two separate operations against drugs in Mizoram, the Assam Rifles and state agencies have seized over 1 kilogram of heroin worth around Rs 6 crore.
