Guwahati: Amid the ongoing tension in Manipur, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into three cases related to Jiribam violence from the state police. NIA officials said the agency has started the probe from November 13.
Meitei militants allegedly severely tortured and burnt to death a 31-year-old Hamar woman at her village home on November 8. Local officials believe that the trigger for the current cycle of violence in Jiribam was this murder.
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The NIA will also investigate the abduction of 10 people from the Borokbera camp and the subsequent discovery of six bodies. Six people had gone missing from the Meitei camp after the gunfight between the CRPF and alleged Hamar militants.
The camp, which houses more than 100 Meitei villagers who have been displaced owing to the violence since June last year, is surrounded by 5 CRPF posts.
According to sources, the NIA will probe the alleged conspiracy behind the attack on the Borobekra police station on November 11.
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The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) gunned down 10 alleged Hamar militants after this attack. The Kuki- Zo-Hamar groups have claimed that those killed were village volunteers who were “murdered in cold blood”.
A spokesperson of the MHA had said on November 16 that “important cases have been handed over to the NIA for effective investigation”.
The MHA, in a statement, has requested the public “to maintain peace and not believe rumours and cooperate with the security forces to maintain law and order in Manipur”.
Twenty companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed after the recent spate of violence. Officials indicated that more troops could be sent to ensure law and order in both Meitei-dominated Imogal valley and Kuki-dominated hills.