Meitei Police Officer Disguised as Army Caught Red-Handed by Womenfolk While Trying to Massacre Kuki-Zo People in Moreh

The Kuki-Zo women of Moreh hill town have apprehended a newly appointed Meitei police officer, Sanjembam Nectar, who was allegedly disguised as an Army personnel. The incident occurred on Monday when he was reportedly attempting harm to the Kuki-Zo community.

Vehemently condemning the act of the so-called Manipur police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) donning Army uniforms and trying to massacre Kuki-Zo people in Moreh morning Bazar area, the Defence Wing of Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal has urged the authority concerned to take necessary action against the Meitei police officer.

"In an attempt to carry out a massacre upon the Kuki-Zo people, the SSP of Manipur police, Nectar Sanjenbam, donning Army uniforms and disguised as the Army, went to the crowded morning market with automatic rifles during curfew relaxation hours," Kuki apex body said in a statement, adding that the local womenfolk who kept strict vigil in the area luckily noticed the police officer and caught him before he executed his evil plan.

While the womenfolk escorted the fake Army - Sanjenbam Nectar- back to Moreh bazar, the Meitei militants and Arambai Tenggol open fired towards innocent civilians following which the village guards retaliated.

The Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal said, "It is now crystal clear that the Meitei commandos and its militia groups (Arambai Tenggol and surrendered militants) are deployed by the Meitei government in Moreh town to terrorise the Kuki-Zo people."

"The KIT Defence Wing is surprised and perplexed to learn that how and why the Assam Rifles allowed the Meitei police SSP Nectar Sanjenbam to masquerade as Army and carry out attack on Kuki-Zo people in Moreh town with Arambai Tenggol and Meitei militants."

The Kuki apex body asked, "Are the Assam Rifles is involved in conspiring against Kuki-Zo people by colluding with the Meitei forces?" It warned that the indigenous Kuki-Zo people in Moreh and Tengnoupal district would not remain a silent spectator on this alarming threat, and urged the authority concerned in the Army to take the matter seriously and look into the same and initiate necessary action against Nectar Sanjenbam and his cahoots.

The Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal also stated that the open deployment of Meitei militias in the name of state forces for the ruthless attacks against the lives and properties of the Kuki-Zo people in Moreh town was senseless, outrageous and is therefore most condemnable. "In fact, such illegitimate use of Meitei militia (Arambai Tenggol and Meitei insurgents) against the Kuki-Zo community only expresses the disrespect for law and order duly established under the Constitution of India," it said.

While strongly condemning the dictated deployment of Arambai Tenggol and Meitei militants and allowing them to masquerade as state and centre security forces, the Kuki-Zo body said there are enough central forces including BSF, GR, AR, and RAF and state civil police to look after the peaceful atmosphere. "Moreh was a peaceful place before the deployment of meitei militia (Arambai Tenggol & Meitei insurgents) in the name of state forces to annihilate Kuki-Zo people," it noted.

Asserting that there would be no peace in Moreh town until the Meitei forces are removed, the Kuki-Zo body said that the indigenous people of Moreh and Tengnoupal district would not succumb to the dictated deployment of Meitei forces in Moreh town and would continue to fight against the forced deployment of Arambai Tenggol and Meitei insurgent groups in Kuki-Zo areas.