Manipur Rape News Today

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) The CBI has taken over the investigation in 27 FIRs lodged in connection with ethnic clashes in Manipur that have claimed more than 160 lives in nearly four months, officials said.

Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', TNM has found that heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.

The statement made in the July-August edition of the insurgent group's mouthpiece Nagalim Voice also called the proposed map of a Kuki-administered territory as "unrealistic".

Five years ago, Brinda Thounaojam made the biggest drug-related arrest in Manipur history. Today, the ex-cop is one of the most vocal critics of Chief Minister Biren Singh’s policies in the midst of the ongoing ethnic conflict.

At a BJP-run relief camp for pregnant Meitei women, many women are giving birth before moving on to other camps, separated from families and stuck in uncertainty as the violence in Manipur continues.

Amid the Kuki-Meitei conflict in Manipur, sections from both the warring sides have gone out of their way to keep a few of the inter-community couples safe. TNM met such inter-community couples at different places in Manipur.

From treating rifle bullet injuries to navigating the cracks between warring communities, Manipur's doctors share their experiences of the unrest in the state.

Like the Meira Paibis, the women's wing of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) has also taken up the role of vigilantes in territories where the Kukis are dominant.

India News: Thousands of women on Friday held sit-ins in five valley districts of Manipur against the alleged gang-rape of a 37-year-old woman in Churachandpur di

Woman alleges gang rape during Manipur violence; encourages other victims to speak up. Over 6,500 police cases filed.