Security personnel stand guard in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. File
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A year after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the clean-up of information has brought down the overall number of violence-related First Information Reports (FIRs) from over 11,000 to round 3,000, a authorities supply advised The Hindu.
The number of circumstances had shot up due to overlap, a number of duplicate FIRs for a similar incident and hundreds of Zero FIRs, the official mentioned. Zero FIRs are filed irrespective of jurisdiction and are later transferred to the police station the place the crime occurred.
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh mentioned that the individuals must be united and there must be no makes an attempt to divide the society. “Those who have committed the crimes should be prosecuted legally. I appeal to the people from both sides to surrender weapons,” Mr. Singh advised The Hindu.
More than 4,500 weapons have been looted from police armouries after ethnic violence erupted within the State on May 3, 2023. Till now, round 1,800 weapons have been recovered or surrendered by the civilians. The battle is between the tribal Kuki-Zo individuals and the bulk Meitei neighborhood.
The authorities supply mentioned that hundreds have been displaced and due to the prevailing legislation and order scenario they registered FIRs at locations handy to them, which additionally included neighbouring States.
“If an arson has taken place in a village, several FIRs were registered for the same crime, a team was constituted that cleaned up the records,” mentioned the supply.
According to a standing report filed by the State authorities on August 1 final year, 4,766 common FIRs have been registered until July 30 the identical year. Out of 11,414 Zero FIRs, as many as 6,621 FIRs have been transformed to common FIRs, the report mentioned, including that “there is an overlap of offences”.
The dying toll within the preliminary three months of the violence stood at 150, whereas subsequently 71 others have been killed, bringing the dying toll to 221. As many as 15 members of the Kuki-Zo neighborhood and 32 members of the Meitei neighborhood have been lacking for a year.
First part of deportation
Mr. Singh mentioned in a put up on X that the primary part of deportation of “illegal immigrants” from Myanmar was accomplished on Thursday as 38 immigrants left Manipur for Myanmar by the Moreh border test put up. “Without any discrimination, we have completed the first phase of deportation of illegal immigrants from Myanmar with 38 more immigrants leaving Manipur today through Moreh. A total of 77 illegal immigrants have been deported in the first phase. One Indian national was also brought back from Myanmar during the handover ceremony. The State government is continuing the identification of illegal immigrants and at the same time biometric data are being recorded. Let’s keep our borders and country secure,” he mentioned.