It’s been four months since ethnic violence first broke out in Manipur, but the local administration and security officials appear to still not have a complete handle on the law and order situation. For the last few days, a gunbattle has waged on the border of the Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts but neither security forces […]
Tag Archives: law and order
09
Aug
Aug
An unprecedented face-off between the Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police has laid bare the disturbing fault lines inside the administration that is responsible for restoring peace and building bridges between two communities which have effectively partitioned the state, separated by a fractious buffer zone. Though the deep divide between Meiteis and Kukis had already […]
26
Jun
Jun
The first trickle of Muslim families that fled Uttarakhand’s Purola town under the shadow of threats made by Right-wing groups three weeks ago have started returning to the city, this newspaper reported on Tuesday. This presents a renewed chance for the local administration to redeem itself after it failed miserably to safeguard the life and […]
20
Jun
Jun
If there were any doubts about the near-total breakdown of law and order in Manipur over the past six weeks, a clutch of first information reports (FIRs) reported by this newspaper should remove them. These 22 documents, filed from 10 police station areas across four districts — Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Kakching — […]
16
Apr
Apr
Adaring shootout outside a medical college with scores of police people present in the heart of a prominent city is disturbing enough. But that three people managed to break through what should have been an impenetrable security cordon and spray gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azeem, alias Ashraf, with bullets is alarming. The […]