Manipur Violence: In Manipur, on May 4 this year, after the video of two women being paraded naked went viral, once again there is an atmosphere of tension. The heat of ethnic violence in Manipur has started reaching neighboring states. Now the Meitei community in Mizoram has received threats to leave the state, after which 41 members of the community reached Assam late on Saturday (July 23). The news agency PTI has given information quoting the officials.
Officials said that after the video of the incident in Manipur went viral, a group of ex-militants had asked the people of the Meitei community to leave the state. Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said that these people reached Silchar from neighboring Mizoram on Saturday night and have been kept in a building in Lakhipur development block in Binnakandi area.
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The officer told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, all of them are from affluent families and have come in their own vehicles. Some of them are college professors, while some work as senior government officials.
However, members of the Meitei community said that they have not been attacked in Mizoram. Mizoram government is giving them security but they do not want to take any risk, so they have come to Assam. The people of the Meitei community told the police that they will remain in Assam till the situation becomes normal.
Mizoram government assured security
The Mizoram government on Saturday assured security to the Meitei community living in the state and asked them not to pay heed to rumours. The assurance came after the state government threatened an ex-militant organization in Mizoram asking the Meitei community to leave Mizoram. State Home Commissioner and Secretary H. Lalengmawia held a meeting with leaders of the Meitei community and assured them of their safety, according to an official statement.
Based on inputs from PTI
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