The major fire in Police Bazar, which started at around 1.20 PM on Saturday afternoon, continues to rage on even after 8 hours. One person has died due to the suffocation and one person still remains missing.
The representatives of a Meitei group met defence minister Rajnath Singh to press for the demand for the removal of Assam Rifles from ethnic violence-hit Manipur.
The residents of Manipur's Dingpi area staged a protest over the proposed deployment of the Assam Rifles Unit under the command of a Meitei officer at Sehlon in Chandel district.
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.
