MAKE IN MANIPUR
THE WEEK India|September 29, 2024
Home-made rockets and weapons from across the border are escalating the conflict
JAVED PARVESH
MAKE IN MANIPUR

It was like a sonic boom. I had gone inside the It house seconds before it happened. When I ran back out, I found the priest lying there, covered in blood. Splinters were everywhere, and my sister was injured, too," recounted M. Kelvin Singh, great-grandson of Manipur's first elected chief minister and Indian National Army freedom fighter Mairembam Koireng Singh.

On September 6, a rocket launched from the Kuki-dominated hills of Churachandpur struck the Meitei town of Moirang in Bishnupur district. The attack resulted in the death of a priest who was performing a ritual at the former chief minister's residence, adjacent to the INA Museum. The rocket struck a wall, causing it to collapse, and the resulting splinters caused damage to nearby areas. The priest was fatally injured by one of these splinters.

The attack signalled a dangerous new chapter in Manipur's ethnic strife. In the earlier phases of the conflict, most casualties occurred during gunfights on the fringes. But, the latest wave of violence has seen a sharp increase in civilian deaths and injuries to minors, signalling a grave humanitarian crisis. With the use of improvised rockets, armed drones and heavy weaponry, even those living 5km to 10km from the conflict zones realise with chilling clarity that no one is safe any more. In response, paramilitary forces and the Indian Army have expanded their dominance deeper into fringe areas, bracing for the threat posed by longer range weapons.

Just days before the rocket attack in Moirang, on September 1, terror struck Meitei-dominated Koutruk village in Imphal West. Over 40 bombs were reportedly dropped from drones that flew in from the Kuki-dominated hills of Kangpokpi. The bombing was accompanied by a deadly sniper attack. Two lives were lost, including that of a woman.

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