A senior government official who does not want to be named told ET, “Representatives of Kuki groups had discussion with the chief minister. This is a confidence building measure. The meeting was held in a hotel in Guwahati.”
Post May 3, 2023, Kukis had ventured into the valley area and Meteis hardly moved to Kuki inhabited areas. In recent times there has been increasing clashes between Thangkhul Nagas and Kukis.
Manipur has in the past witnessed bloody clashes between Nagas and Kukis. The Kuki-Naga conflict that began in 1992 and lasted six years had taken the lives of over 1,000 people. The 2023 Kuki-Meitei violence had claimed 360 lives. Tangkhul is the largest Naga tribe in Manipur and is mainly found across five to six districts of the state.
50 improvised explosive devices (IED) recovered
Security forces including army, Assam Rifles, and Manipur Police recovered 50 improvised explosive devices (IED), includingtwo SLR,one AK rifle, mortars, grenades, and communication devices.
“On 20.03.2026, security forces recovered from Keirao Wangkhem area under Irilbung-PS, Imphal East district, the following: i)04 (four) country-made pistols with a magazine each, ii)01 (one) country-made 12 bore single barrel gun, iii)01 (one) .303 rifle, iv)01 (one) country-made rifle and v)03 (three) INSAS rifle magazines,” Manipur police said in its statement.In Imphal west district, the security forces also recovered one SLR along with three magazines, two local made bolt action single barrel gun, one modified sniper type rifle,11 pistols along with one magazine each, 85 live rounds ammunition of different calibers, three shells, one camouflage helmet,4 camouflage BP vests, three magazine pouches,one green belt from Lamdeng and Kameng area under Lamsang Police Station on the same day.The recovered IEDs were destroyed in situ by following safety protocols and standard operating procedures,” the statement said.
Security forces in Tengnoupal district recovered three 9 mm pistols with magazines, one M-79 grenade launcher, 12 IEDs and four radio sets were recovered from IMB near BP-72 at Yangoubung village.
One local made single barrel gun,one .32 mm pistol with magazine, two pompis, 42 live rounds ammunition of different calibers, 29 IEDs, 5 local made hand-grenades, five .36 hand-grenades, two Chinese hand-grenades, 7 stun grenades, five electric detonators, seven ignitor fuses, two Motorola radio sets and two magazine pouches from the general area between Loisi village and Saivom village.
In Thoubal district, recoveries of two .32 pistols with magazine,5 bore action single barrel rifles.
