Kuki Drug Lords Are Holding Peace To Ransom In Manipur : The angry drug lords are now striking back through the Kuki militants who they support with funds and arms. In the long run, a separate Kuki state where they wield enormous influence is their ultimate objective.…
Kuki drug lords, say security and intelligence agencies, are not only funding militants belonging to the Kuki National Army (KNA) and ZRA, but also helping these terror outfits procure Chinese-made arms from Myanmar.
The Kuki drug lords are angry with the BJP-led coalition…
The Kuki drug lords are angry with the BJP-led coalition…
It must be mentioned here that while all the drug lords in Manipur are Kukis, Kukis also form the majority of poppy cultivators, drug processors (extracting opium from poppy plants) and traffickers in Manipur.
The Kuki drug lords feel that the longer that Manipur remains…
The Kuki drug lords feel that the longer that Manipur remains…
Since most Meiteis have migrated away from Kuki majority areas and areas with a mixed population, the Kuki militants cannot target humans. The militants are, thus, having to contend themselves with destroying properties belonging to the Meiteis.
A major objective here is to…
A major objective here is to…
Meitei groups, said someone from Imphal East, have, except for some aberrations, largely kept their promise to desist from attacking Kukis. “They (Meitei groups) have not fallen to grave provocation from Kuki militants,” said the person who didn't want to reveal his name.…
Kuki militants have also engaged in gunfights with SFs in some places in the Kuki-majority Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts, as well as the peripheries of Imphal East and Imphal West districts.
Top Army and Manipur police brass fear that Kuki militants are planning to…
Top Army and Manipur police brass fear that Kuki militants are planning to…
According to another senior DIG-ranked officer who is working closely with the new police chief, the new unified command of the Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles and central armed police forces (CAPFs) is drawing up a multi-pronged strategy to restore peace.
The new unified…
The new unified…
Poppy is cultivated over large tracts of land mostly in the Kuki-dominated areas in the hill districts of Manipur.
It is mostly illegal immigrants from Myanmar belonging to the Kuki-Chin-Zo ethnic group who engage in illicit poppy cultivation by clearing forest lands in…
It is mostly illegal immigrants from Myanmar belonging to the Kuki-Chin-Zo ethnic group who engage in illicit poppy cultivation by clearing forest lands in…
According to latest state government figures, an estimated 15,400 acres of land is under illicit poppy cultivation in Manipur at present. In the three months between January and March this year, poppy crops on 787.3 acres of land were destroyed during raids by police and NCB…
After returning to power last year, Chief Minister N Biren Singh had intensified the drive against poppy cultivation and drug trafficking.
That has angered the Kuki farmers engaged in illegal poppy cultivation and the Kuki drug lords.
The angry drug lords are now striking…
That has angered the Kuki farmers engaged in illegal poppy cultivation and the Kuki drug lords.
The angry drug lords are now striking…
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