India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has formed a team of 53 officers, including 29 women, to investigate the recent violence that broke out in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
The remote province has since May 3 suffered a series of violent episodes over ethnic divisions, leading to condemnation and allegations that authorities were unable to control the situation.
More than 180 people have been killed in clashes between the Meitei Hindus and the Christian Kukis that arose over a proposed government policy that would have benefitted the majority Hindu community.
But many victims, mostly Kukis, accuse state police of siding with the Meiteis, prompting the federal government to transfer the case to the central investigation agency.
Villages have been burnt, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless.
While the state police filed more than 6,500 cases of arson, looting and destruction of property, there was hardly any headway in prosecuting the accused even after India’s top court criticised Manipur police over the handling of the complaints.
State authorities told the court that they were investigating one case of fatal sexual violence, three gang-rape cases, 72 cases of murder, and four cases of sexual assault.
India’s Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had earlier submitted to the Supreme Court that the CBI would investigate 12 cases involving female victims.
This is the first time such a large number of women officers are being simultaneously deputised.
The team includes three deputy inspector generals of police, one superintendent of police, 16 inspectors and 10 sub-inspectors.
The agency has registered eight cases, including the incident of the stripping and parading of two tribal women by a mob on May 4, which sparked a furore after video of the incident appeared on social media on July 16.
Tens of thousands of security personnel have been stationed in the region, where ordinary villagers are arming themselves to guard their respective territories, and armed militias engage each other in daily gunfights.
During search operations on Wednesday, security forces recovered eight firearms and 112 rounds of ammunition from districts in the state.
New UK refugee system
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- A longer path to settlement with no indefinite settled status until a refugee has spent 20 years in Britain
- To encourage refugees to integrate the government will encourage them to out of the core protection route wherever possible.
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- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
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