41 People Of Meitei Community Reach Assam From Mizoram Due To Threat Over Manipur Video
41 Meitei people have reached Assam from Mizoram due to a threat over the Manipur viral video incident that has taken country by storm.
Amid the ongoing debate on the Manipur issue across the country, 41 Meitei people have reached Assam from Mizoram after an ex-militants' group asked the community to leave the state, reported the news agency PTI citing an official. Cachar's Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said that these people reached Silchar from neighbouring Mizoram on Saturday night, as per PTI. He added that these people have been kept at the building of the Lakhipur Development Block in Binnakandi area.
"These are all well-to-do families and they came in their own vehicles. Some are college professors, while some work as senior government officials. They said that there have been no attacks in Mizoram as of now," he told PTI. According to him, the Meitei people said that the Mizoram government was providing all security to them, but they themselves did not want to take any risk and came to Assam for their own safety.
"They are saying that they will stay here till the situation normalises," the SP said, adding that Assam Police is providing security to them. Notably, people from Meitei, Kuki and Hmar communities fled Manipur. They have been living in Assam since ethnic violence erupted in that state on May 3.
The Mizoram government on Saturday assured the people of Meitei community living in a state of safety and asked them not to pay heed to rumours. The government’s assurance came amid reports of Meiteis fleeing the state following an “advisory” by an ex-militant’s association of Mizoram asking them to leave due to tension triggered by the viral video of two tribal women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur, as per a report by the news agency PTI.
On Friday, Peace Accord MNF Returnees' Association, in a statement issued from Aizawl said, “The situation in Mizoram has become tense and it is no longer safe for Meitei people from Manipur to live in Mizoram in the wake of barbaric and heinous acts committed by miscreants in Manipur." "The PAMRA appeals to all Meitei people in Mizoram to leave for their home state as a safety measure," the statement read.
On the other hand, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday alleged that an 18-year-old girl was assaulted and gang-raped in Imphal East district of Manipur. The party reportedly said that the incident occurred on May 15.
As per PTI, quoting a report, TMC tweeted "The tragedy doesn’t end for Manipur!" "An 18-year-old girl was handed over to four armed men by women vigilantes. She was later assaulted and gang-raped in Imphal East in Manipur on May 15. If such brutal cases are coming into the public eye after more than a month, what's still hidden must be truly gruesome."
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