Centre Sending 90 Additional Companies Of Central Forces To Manipur Amid Fresh Violence

The Centre has deployed 90 additional companies, or nearly 9,000 personnel, of the Central Armed Police Force in Manipur since August, state Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh said on Friday, reported The Hindu.

Presently, 288 Central Armed Police ForcePolice ForcePolice Force companies, which comes to around 29,000 personnel, were deployed in the conflict-ridden state, Singh said at a press conference in Imphal. Apart from this, personnel from the state police, the Army and the Assam Rifles were also present in Manipur.

Singh also said that the number of persons, including suspected militants, killed in the state since the clashes broke out between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo-Hmars in May 2023 had risen to 258.