[🇧🇩] Insurgency in India's North-East---Why does India blame Bangladesh?

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Manipur orders curfew after six bodies found

Curfew was imposed today as protesters stormed the residences of two ministers and three lawmakers in the strife-torn north eastern Indian state of Manipur's Imphal West district after a fresh round of violence, police said

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Manipur orders curfew after six bodies found

Photo: Reuters Vehicles burn as demonstrators stand during a protest against the recent killings, in Imphal West, in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, yesterday.

Curfew was imposed today as protesters stormed the residences of two ministers and three lawmakers in the strife-torn north eastern Indian state of Manipur's Imphal West district after a fresh round of violence, police said.

According to an order issued by Imphal West District Magistrate Th Kirankumar, the curfew was imposed from 4:30pm.

Earlier in the day, a mob stormed the residence of Health and Family Welfare Minister Sapam Ranjan in Lamphel Sanakeithel area demanding justice for the murder of three persons belonging to a particular ethnic group in Jiribam district, a senior officer said.

The protesters also stormed the house of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Minister L Susindro Singh, another senior officer said.

Agitators in Sagolband area of Imphal West district gathered in front of the residence of BJP legislator RK Imo, who is also the son-in-law of Chief Minister N Biren Singh, and raised slogans demanding an "appropriate response from the government" over the killing of three persons and urging the authorities to "arrest the culprits within 24 hours".

Protesters, who had come to meet Keishamthong constituency's independent legislator Sapam Nishikanta Singh at his residence at Tiddim Road, targeted the office building of a local newspaper owned by him after they were told that the legislator was not present in the state, a senior officer said.

Three bodies, suspected to be of six missing members of majority Metei ethnic group from Jiribam district, were found near the confluence of two rivers along Manipur-Assam border on Friday night, triggering fresh tension.

The bodies of a woman and two children were found about 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district, close to the location where the six people went missing on Monday.

Last Monday, 11 suspected militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces after they allegedly attacked a police station and an adjoining paramilitary personnel camp with sophisticated weapons in Jiribam. Following this, six civilians, including children and women, went missing from the district. They were suspected to have been abducted by armed militants.

Manipur has been rocked by ethnic violence involving Meteis and minority Kuki ethnic groups since May last year leaving more than 200 people killed and nearly 50,000 persons homeless. End​

 

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Twenty-three arrested in India’s Manipur after violent protests

Police arrested 23 people on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur for ransacking and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers and ministers, while hundreds demonstrated against recent violent killings in defiance of a curfew. The violence, marking the second day of unrest in the area,

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Twenty-three arrested in India’s Manipur after violent protests
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Nov 17, 2024 20:07
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Vehicles burn as demonstrators stand during a protest against the recent killings, in Imphal West, in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, Nov 16, 2024. Photo : REUTERS/Stringer

Police arrested 23 people on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur for ransacking and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers and ministers, while hundreds demonstrated against recent violent killings in defiance of a curfew.

The violence, marking the second day of unrest in the area, has led to a tense standoff in Imphal, the state capital.

“The situation is relatively calm today but unpredictable,” a senior state police official told Reuters, adding the situation was being closely monitored.

The arrests followed Saturday’s violence, which involved what a police statement said was the “ransacking and arson” of the houses of several state lawmakers and ministers.

“Police resorted to firing tear gas shells to disperse the mob. Eight persons have been injured in the process,” the statement said, adding additional security forces were deployed.

An indefinite curfew was imposed on Saturday and internet and mobile services were suspended after protesters tried to storm the residences of several lawmakers including state Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

Protesters are demanding accountability for the deadly violence, that has, in the latest incident, claimed the lives of at least two women and two children.

Since May 2023, inter-communal clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities have resulted in at least 250 deaths and displaced 60,000 people.

Early on Sunday, the body of a woman, believed to be a member of a missing Meitei family, was found in a river, while three other bodies, including two children, were recovered on Friday.

Identification is ongoing, but they are likely linked to the missing family, a district administration official from Jiribam told Reuters.

A Kuki man’s body was also found from the area on Sunday though authorities have yet to confirm cause of death, but said it “could be linked to the violence”.

Tensions flared last week when a 31-year-old woman from the Kuki tribal community was burned alive. Kuki groups have blamed Meitei militants for the act.

Manipur has become divided into two ethnic enclaves: the Meitei controlled valley, and the Kuki-dominated hills, separated by a stretch of no-man’s land monitored by federal forces.​

 

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India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said on Tuesday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.

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India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest
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India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said on Tuesday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.

Manipur in India’s northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than 18 months between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the mainly Christian Kuki community, dividing the state into ethnic enclaves.

Ten Kuki militants were killed when they attempted to assault police last week, prompting the apparent reprisal killing of six Meitei civilians, whose bodies were found in Jiribam district days later.

New Delhi has ‘ordered 50 additional companies of paramilitary forces to go to Manipur’, a government source in New Delhi with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorised to speak with media.

Each company of the Central Armed Police Forces, a paramilitary unit overseen by the home ministry and responsible for internal security, has 100 troops.

The Business Standard newspaper reported that the additional forces would be deployed in the state by the end of the week.

India already has thousands of troops attempting to keep the peace in the conflict that has killed at least 200 people since it began 18 months ago.

Manipur has been subject to periodic internet shutdowns and curfews since the violence began last year.

Both were reimposed in the state capital Imphal on Saturday after the discovery of the six bodies prompted violent protests by the Meitei community.

The ethnic strife has also displaced tens of thousands of people in the state, which borders war-torn Myanmar.

Incensed crowds in the city had attempted to storm the homes of several local politicians.

Local media reports said several homes of lawmakers from prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which governs the state, were damaged in arson attacks during the unrest.

Long-standing tensions between the Meitei and Kuki communities revolve around competition for land and jobs.

Rights groups have accused local leaders of exacerbating ethnic divisions for political gain.​

 

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A woman was raped and burned alive by miscreants but the authority did not take proper action which caused major uproar across Manipur--a North Eastern state of India. Modi takes nap while Manipur burns. The video is in Bengali.

 

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ভারতের বুকে নতুন খ্রিস্টান রাষ্ট্র প্রতিষ্ঠায় মিজোরামের মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর আহ্বান (The chief minister of Mizoram asked all to create greater Christian Mizoram. People in the know think America and Israel are behind this greater Christian Mizoram movement)

 

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সেভেন সিস্টার ঝুঁকিতে; বাংলাদেশের পাশে চীন (India cannot gain anything by destabilizing Bangladesh. A stable Bangladesh is needed for the security of India's chicken neck and seven sisters.)

 

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Assam bans consumption of beef in hotels, public places

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced a statewide ban on serving and consumption of beef in restaurants, hotels and public places, reports NDTV.

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Assam bans consumption of beef in hotels, public places
New Age Desk 06 December, 2024, 00:41

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced a statewide ban on serving and consumption of beef in restaurants, hotels and public places, reports NDTV.

The decision, sources said, was taken at a state cabinet meeting to amend the existing law on beef consumption to incorporate the new provisions.

Consumption of beef is not illegal in Assam, but The Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021 regulates the transportation, and slaughter of all cattle, and sale of beef and beef products in the state.

‘We had earlier introduced a bill in Assam to protect cows and we have been successful,’ Sarma said, referring to the legislation that was approved by the state assembly in 2021.

‘Going further, we have decided that beef will not be served in any hotels or restaurants in the state. It will also not be served during any public function or in any public place,’ he added.

The Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021 bans cattle slaughter and sale of beef in areas where Hindus, Jains and Sikhs are in majority and within a five kilometre radius of a temple or satra (Vaishnavite monastery).

‘Earlier, we had decided to place the curbs within a five kilometre radius of a temple but now, we have decided to expand it to other areas,’ the chief minister said.

The opposition All India United Democratic Front hit out at the state government, accusing it of diverting attention from key issues.

‘The state government has failed to carry out development works it has failed to tackle unemployment. There are major issues in the education and health sector they are simply diverting the people’s attention through such decisions,’ AIUDF legislator Aminul Islam said.

The Assam Cattle Preservation Bill was passed in the Assam Assembly through a voice vote in August 2021, amid a walkout from the opposition, who wanted the legislation to be sent to a Select Committee for a detailed discussion.​

 

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ভারত ভাঙছে মিজোরামকে দিয়ে। (Mizoram and Manipur are playing leading roles in creating a Christian country by dismembering India)