CMO input on Kuki militant influx not substantiated, say Manipur security officials

A recent intelligence report from the Manipur chief minister’s office claiming that more than 900 Kuki militants had entered the state from Myanmar could not be verified on the ground, Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh and Director General of Police Rajiv Singh said on Wednesday.

Following this, Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s office retracted its earlier input.

The September 16 intelligence report, which the chief minister’s office had sent to the security adviser and the director general of police, among others, had been widely circulated, The Indian Express reported.

The report claimed that “over 900 Kuki militants, newly trained in the use of drone-based bombs, projectiles, missiles and jungle warfare, have entered Manipur from Myanmar”, the newspaper reported.

The militants were organised into units of 30 persons “scattered around the periphery” and are “expected to launch multiple coordinated attacks on Meitei villages around September 28”, the report had claimed.

The report had caused panic among residents of the state’s Meitei-dominated areas, the newspaper reported.

On Wednesday, the security adviser and the police chief clarified that “the input was verified from different quarters, but it could not be substantiated on ground”.

They said that there was no basis at the moment to believe in the input and urged the public “not to believe in rumours or unverified information”.

After this, the chief...

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