Imphal, Nov 10: The Kuki-Zo people staged massive protest against the alleged 'selective injustice and selective enforcement of the law' by Chief Minister N....
According to the senior police officer, militants fired on policemen when they were inspecting the newly constructed helipad at Eastern ground in the border town dominated by Kuki-Zo community members.
An eerie calm pervades the village atmosphere with ethnic tension still lurking, threatening to rupture any moment. Tell-tale signs of displacement and insecurity, a deep sense of fear and abandonment writ large among the locals. Way to the village one would encounter barricades manned by automatic rifles yielding security personnel all along.
Around 100 Kuki-Zo women across the district congregated at Gamgiphai this afternoon to launch the round-the-clock sit-in protest in the presence of the Committee on Tribal Unity Sadar Hills Kangpokpi leaders.
The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) and Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), General Headquarters, have expressed disappointment over the recent order of the Supreme Court concerning the disposal of unclaimed dead bodies.
The Zomi Council Steering Committee (ZCSC) strongly condemned the incessant attack on the Zo ethnic (Kuki-Zomi) tribes of Lamka district living along the border with Bishnupur district in the third consecutive day by Manipur government backed Meitei armed groups.
The two tribal Kuki-Zo bodies urged the Governor of Manipur for a protracted action by declaring all the valley districts as "Disturbed Areas" and re-impose AFSPA in all the districts under the 19 police stations to restore law and order in the state.
Manipur State Legislative Assembly-ni Special Session-ko ong·atanio Kuki aro Zo MLA-rang, chong·motan Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), Kuki Students Organisation -General Headquarters (KSO-GHQ), Kuki Chiefs Association (KCAM) aro Kuki Women Union (KWU)-ni dilgiparang, bakko ra·jana gita tik ka·angaha.
