About 2,000 additional central armed force personnel deployed in Manipur amid spike in violence
The move came two days after ten suspected Kuki militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jiribam district.
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The Union home ministry has sent 20 additional companies of central armed police forces, or about 2,000 personnel, to Manipur amid a spike in violence in the Jiribam district, The Hindu reported.
Fifteen companies of the Central Reserve Police Force have been moved to Manipur from Assam and five Border Security Force companies have been transferred from Tripura, according to a directive by the Union home ministry.
“The state govt of Manipur is instructed to formulate the detailed deployment plan, in consultation with the respective CAPFS,” the ministry said, according to The Times of India.
With the additional deployment, Manipur now has a total of 218 companies of central armed police forces, comprising over 29,000 personnel, the newspaper reported.
This comprises 115 companies from the Central Reserve Police Force, eight from the Rapid Action Force, 84 from the Border Security Force, five from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and six from the Sashastra Seema Bal.
At least 237 persons have died and more than 59,000 persons displaced since ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur in May 2023. There has been an uptick in violence in the past week, with 14 persons having been killed since November 7.
On Monday, ten suspected Kuki militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jiribam district, the state police said. Ten Meiteis were believed to have gone...
