Manipur Police conduct raids in Meiteis threat messages case

IMPHAL: Manipur Police registered a case at the cyber crime police station here and launched a massive search operation to nab the concerned people who recently gave threat messages to the Meitei community against entering Kuki tribal-dominated areas during the upcoming Shirui Lily Festival.

Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla recently chaired the organising committee meeting of the Shirui Lily Festival, 2025 to be held in the state’s Ukhrul district from May 20 to May 24.

The 80 km route from the state capital Imphal to Ukhrul passes through a few Kuki tribal inhabited villages. A senior police official on Monday said that some unknown individuals and organisations allegedly of the Kuki tribal community have issued threat messages mostly on various social media platforms to the Meitei community, planning to visit the Shirui lily Festival in Ukhrul.

“Any such threats are taken seriously and inquired into promptly. So far, these organisations are found to be nonexistent,” the official said. He said that a number of credible Kuki tribal organizations have also come out in the past, dissociating themselves from such unknown organizations. A criminal case has been registered at the cyber crime police station in this regard, and all out effort shall be made to arrest them. All precautionary security measures are in place to ensure security for the movement of people attending the Shirui Lily Festival, the official said. He said that regular security reviews are being conducted, and senior officers are deployed to supervise the security arrangements. The public is requested to cooperate in this regard, he added. (IANS)

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