The Union home ministry has requested the Supreme Court to move seven cases involving ethnic violence in Manipur and the viral video of two Kuki women from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) outside the conflict-torn state. The man who recorded the viral video gets incarcerated. The government is strengthening fencing along the sensitive international border and preventing smuggling through the Myanmar border. Ethnic tensions in Manipur have led to 147 fatalities and 40,000 displaced residents, dividing the state in half between the Meitei and Kuki communities.
The government wants the Manipur viral video case to get heard elsewhere, says Amit Shah
According to people aware of the developments, the PM spoke to Shah thrice a day and maintained constant contact with the home ministry.
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Amit Shah requested the SC
According to home minister Amit Shah on Thursday, the Union home ministry asked that the Supreme Court move seven cases involving ethnic violence in Manipur from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) outside the conflict-torn state. These cases include the May 4 mob assault on two women, which went viral after it emerged on camera.
The Union government requested that the Supreme Court move the case in the viral video case out of the state in a declaration submitted to the high court earlier in the day. Only the Supreme Court can move trials from one state to another.
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The person who recorded the viral video got incarcerated
Shah informed the media in Delhi that the man who recorded the assault on the two Kuki women got detained. Also the security forces created a 35,000-person buffer zone between the feuding Meitei and Kuki communities. Shah added that since July 18, no fatalities occurred in the northeastern state. He stated the government was taking steps to strengthen the fencing along the highly sensitive international border. This is to prevent smuggling through the Myanmar border.
What did Amit Shah say?
“The CBI presently has six cases, and a seventh is en route. We want the trials in these cases to take place outside Manipur for impartiality,” Shah said. The home minister reported that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) got three additional cases.
“A first information report (FIR) subsequently determined the men in the video as members of the Meitei groups. In the clip from May 4, two Kuki women got rid of their clothing and made to parade naked,” according to Shah.
Ethnic Uncertainties in Manipur
Since May 3, ethnic tensions in Manipur resulted in at least 147 fatalities and 40,000 displaced residents. Effectively dividing the state in half between the Meitei community, which dominates the plains and accounts for 53% of the state’s population. Along with that there is indigenous Kuki group, making up 16% of the state.
INDIA asked for PM Modi’s address in Parliament regarding the Manipur violence
The opposition demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the violence in Manipur inside of Parliament. To this the government insisted that it is ready for a discussion and that Shah would reply on the floor of the House. As a result, the monsoon session has a standstill over the sexual assault. The opposition also wants the resignation of chief minister N Biren Singh. Claiming that the state government did not restore law and order.
According to people aware of the developments, the PM spoke to Shah thrice a day and maintained constant contact with the home ministry.
Video gets recorded in the absence of the army or the police
Shah cleared that neither he nor the intelligence community knew anything about the May 4 video. He promised to take the harshest possible action against those responsible and others named in the 6,065 FIRs. He claimed that when the May 4 video gets recorded, neither the military nor law enforcement was present.
Shah claimed that Indian security forces established a secure buffer zone between the Meitei and Kuki societies. He also added that unified command run by security adviser Kuldiep Singh, who oversees the day-to-day maintenance of law and order.
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