Amid Violence, Manipur Appoints Ex Paramilitary Head As Safety Advisor
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Kuldiep Singh has reached Imphal.
New Delhi:
The Manipur authorities on Thursday appointed retired IPS officer and former CRPF chief Kuldiep Singh as its safety advisor in view of the spiralling violence between tribals and the bulk Meitei group within the state, sources stated.
They stated Kuldiep Singh has reached Imphal.
The Indian Police Service officer of the 1986 batch retired from service in September final yr. He additionally headed the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), in an extra capability, as its director basic.
Clashes broke out within the state on Wednesday and so they intensified in a single day with counter-attacks being mounted by rival communities in retaliation to earlier assaults, after Naga and Kuki tribals organised a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ to protest strikes to provide scheduled tribe standing to the bulk Metei group.
The state authorities on Thursday issued a ‘shoot at sight’ order in “excessive circumstances” to include spiralling violence within the state between tribals and the bulk Meitei group which has displaced over 9,000 folks from their villages.
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