Army chief General Manoj Pande will be visiting Manipur today to review the security situation in view of the recent violence there. He would be briefed by the Eastern Command officials on the measures taken to bring the situation under control, news agency ANI reported Indian Army officials as informing. This comes as the Assam Rifles on Friday set up a temporary base along the Manipur-Mizoram inter-state border in its bid to monitor the present situation along with maintaining peace in the bordering area of both neighbouring states in view of the break out of the ethnic clashes in Manipur.
After setting up the temporary base, the personnel of the Assam Rifles interacted with the village council representatives and Young Mizo Association (YMA) office-bearers of the Khawdungsei and Khakhawn villages and explained them the importance and necessity of establishing the temporary base near the Tuivai Bridge.
The troopers of the Assam Rifles further elaborated that the main motive behind establishing the temporary base is to provide protection to the internally-displaced people from Manipur and to prevent the movement of Underground Groups (UGs) and transportation of weapons from one place to another.
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Manipur Violence: 38 Vulnerable Areas Identified, CM Singh Appeals Not To Attack Homes Of Ministers
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday asked the people of the violence-hit state to work for restoring normalcy. Addressing the media in the state capital Imphal, the Chief Minister said that at least 38 vulnerable areas were identified in the state and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel have been deployed in those areas to prevent any untoward incident.
"The 38 vulnerable areas are mainly in the foothills. We have deployed 34,000 paramilitary forces to curb the menace of sudden attacks by unidentified miscreants," CM Singh said.
The CM also stressed that people should also stop attacking the homes of ministers and MLAs.
On Thursday night, members of the Meitei community attacked the house of Manipur MP and Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in Imphal. The Meitei community was reportedly upset over a recent peace meeting called by Singh with scholars from both communities in the national capital.
The agitators lamented that the peace meeting had fewer representatives from the Meitei community.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be paying a four-day visit to the state on May 29 to take stock of the situation and have talks with all the stakeholders.
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(With Inputs By Pallav Bora)