DIG-rank officers from Nagaland, Assam moved to Manipur

An order issued on July 18 by IG (Operations) Anshuman Yadav states, “In view of the present security scenario in Manipur and increased level of CRPF deployment, supervision of senior officers of DIGs across strategic places of the state has been felt essential and crucial. Accordingly, to have effective control and supervision over the existing and additional companies deployed in Manipur, DIG (Ops) Kohima and DIG (Range) Silchar are temporarily placed in Manipur with immediate effect by establishing tactical headquarters.”

Currently, there is Imphal Ops Range and the jurisdiction/districts are: Imphal West, Imphal East, Tengnoupal, Thoubal, Kakching, Churachandpur, Chandel and Bishnupur. But now, they have redefined/modified two more ops jurisdictions of ranges, Ops Range Kangpokpi and Ops Range Jiribam.

“There are four jurisdiction/districts, Kangpokpi, Senapati, Ukhrul and Kamjong under the Ops Range Kangpokpi and four jurisdiction/districts, Jiribam, Pherzawal, Noney and Tamenglong, under the Ops Range Jiribam. DIG (Kohima) will take additional charge of Range Kangpokpi by establishing a tactical headquarters at Kangpokpi and another new DIG will take tactical headquarters at Jiribam,” the order states.

Yadav further said, “Consequently, the operations jurisdiction of ranges in Manipur has been redefined/modified. The operations jurisdiction of all the battalion headquarters and companies, existing as well as additional, will remain with the DIGs concerned under whose jurisdiction they are deployed, as per the new arrangement. All the resources, including staff and vehicles, for the functioning of these tactical headquarters will be shared from their original headquarters.”

In Manipur, the MHA has sent 124 companies — 57 of CRPF, 10 of Rapid Action Force (RAF), 48 of the BSF, four of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and five of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).