IMPHAL, 23 Jul: The Assam Rifles (AR) has registered a sedition and defamation case against the chief of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an influential civil society group in Manipur’s capital.
\nA highly-placed defence source said that a first information report (FIR) was registered against the COCOMI on 10 July, after the outfit gave a call to people “not to surrender weapons.”
\n“We have registered an FIR against COCOMI against Jitendra Ningomba, convener of COCOMI, at Churachandpur police station, under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), pertaining to sedition; Section 153 A IPC, promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc,” a police officer confirmed.
\nSources alleged that many women protestors were assaulted by the Army in Moirang of Bishnupur on 30 June. The Army, however, has denied the allegation.
\nIn a memorandum to the union home minister on 4 June, the COCOMI had demanded that the Assam Rifles be replaced with any other central armed police force, adding that local youths were not willing to surrender arms.
\nAfter the ethnic strife erupted in the state on 3 May, more than 4,000 weapons and lakhs of ammunition were either robbed or taken away from police armouries.
\nDespite an appeal made by Home Minister Amit Shah when he visited the state from 29 May to 1 June, only a little over 1,600 weapons have been recovered by the police or surrendered by the public.
\nThe COCOMI was originally a part of the peace committee constituted by Governor Anusuiya Uikey in June, but has refused to participate till action is taken against “narco-terrorists and illegal immigrants from Myanmar.”
\nMeanwhile, Manipur Police and central forces have tightened security across the state to prevent any flare-ups in the wake of the viral video that emerged on 19 July.
\nPolice said they are making all-out efforts to arrest the remaining culprits by conducting raids at many suspected hideouts.
\nThe Manipur Police have so far arrested six persons in connection with the 4 May parading of two tribal women in Kangpokpi district of the state, officials said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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