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Last Updated: July 27, 2023, 19:51 IST
A 26-second video of the incident surfaced on July 19. (Photo: PTI file)
A top government source told News18 that the Centre is speaking to both the communities in Manipur and is hopeful to get them on the same table soon. Talks are at an advanced stage, he said
The Manipur video case will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Centre plans to recommend that the trial be held in a separate state. The man who shot the strip-and-parade horror of two women in Kangpokpi on May 4, which went viral recently, has been caught and his phone has been seized, a top government source has told News18.
The source also said that the Centre is speaking to both the communities in Manipur and is hopeful to get them on the same table soon. Talks for the same are at an advanced stage, the source said. The Centre says that violence is still happening in Manipur, but at a much smaller scale and no death has been reported since July 18.
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Nearly 36,000 central forces personnel have made a buffer between the Meteis and Kukis and all these forces were moved within 30 hours to Manipur after first reports of violence on May 3.
Sources also said that there is no price hike situation in the state and adequate supplies of essentials have been restored.
“No guilty person will be spared,” the top government source has said.
On the way ahead, the source said biometric and thumb impressions will to be taken of all people coming from Myanmar so that they are put in the negative list of voters so that they do not get citizenship. Also, the Centre will fast-track the border fencing project with Myanmar and a survey being conducted for the fencing project.
The source also said that PM Narendra Modi has been in constant touch with officials for updates on Manipur situation.
Had a fruitful discussion with the members of the different Civil Society Organizations today in Imphal. They expressed their commitment to peace and assured that we would together contribute to paving the way to restore normalcy in Manipur. pic.twitter.com/ao9b7pinGf— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 30, 2023
Home Minister Amit Shah had camped in Manipur for three days and MoS Home Nityanand Rai had stayed in Manipur from May 25 to June 17.
Sources compared it to the violence in Manipur in 1993, which lasted for almost eight months, it was the MoS Home of the Congress government who had replied in Parliament and the then MoS Home had paid just a three-four hour visit to Manipur, including spending two hours at the airport and an hour at the CM’s house.
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