NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over six different cases of violence in the ethnic strife-torn Manipur following directions from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs last week.
The anti-terror probe agency has also re-registered as many FIRs under various sections of Indian Penal Code for further investigation, officials said on Wednesday.
The cases include the assassination of Moreh SDPO Chingtham Anandkumar on October 31, 2023 and the murder of four Meitei civilians by Kuki militants at Ningthoukhong Kha Khunou on January 18, 2024.
Besides these two prominent cases, the NIA re-registered a case on the basis of an FIR registered at Moreh police station in connection with an attack on the IRB post at Moreh and at Moreh Bazar area on January 17, 2024 by heavily armed Kuki militants using bombs and bullets. A policeman was killed and six other security personnel had sustained injuries in the incident, they said.
The other cases that were re-registered by the NIA relate to the FIRs lodged at Porompat police station and Imphal police station in connection with a firing incident and the alleged attack by unknown persons on the north western gate of the First Manipur Rifles on November 1, 2023.
MHA issued directions
The anti-terror probe agency has taken over investigation into the six cases following directions from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs last week
Major cases probed
Two prominent cases are the assassination of Moreh SDPO Chingtham Anandkumar on October 31, 2023 and the murder of four Meitei civilians on January 18, 2024.