Strict efforts are being made to restore peace in the midst of ongoing caste violence in Manipur, a large number of weapons were looted from police stations when caste violence broke out in the state of Manipur in the beginning of May. After this Chief Minister N. Both Biren Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the people to hand over their weapons. Here a former MLA named L Susindro Meiti is also trying to restore peace in his area. In this sequence, he made a ‘Dropbox’ outside his residence and appealed to the miscreants to deposit weapons. ,Former MLA made ‘Dropbox’ for weapons at his residence A ‘Dropbox’ set up at the residence of L Susindro Meiti, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Imphal East, has attracted people and includes a state-of-the-art automatic rifle 130 Weapons have been deposited. It has been ensured that the identity of the people depositing weapons in this ‘Dropbox’ is not disclosed. A large poster outside Susindro’s house read in English and Meitei, “Please keep the stolen weapons here.” “Feel free to do so at the bottom of this ad, this is an indication that they will not be asked questions as to how they got the weapons

So far in ‘Dropbox’ Weapons Accumulated When the correspondent of ‘PTI-Bhasha’ reached there in the morning, in fact some automatic rifles and some other weapons including ammunition were present in the dropbox. Susindro is visiting his constituency and persuading the young villagers to surrender their weapons and join the peace process. He later told ‘PTI-Bhasha’ over the phone that he has set up this ‘Dropbox’. He said, “Many times people who come to deposit weapons hesitate because of the fear of the police… That’s why this ‘Dropbox’ has been established.” He said that since its establishment a few days ago, now Till date approx arms have been received Are. He said, ‘The key of the box is with the police and they can come anytime to collect the weapons.’

)Himant Vishwa Sharma met Biren Singh Here Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma met his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh on Saturday to discuss the current situation in Manipur. Sharma left for this meeting from Guwahati on Saturday morning. Sources said that the Chief Minister of Assam has arrived from Delhi with a message as all the parties are working to find a solution to the caste violence in the state. No statement was released regarding the meeting.

In Manipur violence approx 101 people lost their lives At least 4621 in the caste violence that broke out in Manipur a month ago lives were lost and Others were injured. Currently total 20,450 People have taken shelter in relief camps. Violent clashes broke out for the first time on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

Manipur violencePublished Date

Sun, Jun 11, 2023, 7: 50 AM IST