Killing of 3 Manipur men: Forum demands new security adviser
Stating that the presence of thousands of central security personnel has not proved to be effective in maintaining peace in the state, the group demanded that the effective control be transferred to the state government.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh After three missing men were found killed Thursday, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a Meitei organisation, demanded that Chief Minister N Biren Singh replace security adviser and former CRPF DG Kuldiep Singh, who is incharge of the unified command.
In the aftermath of violence, Singh was sent to Manipur as security adviser to the CM. A unified command was announced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the state at the end of May last year for better coordination among security agencies in the state, and Singh was made in-charge.
COCOMI said in a statement Friday that the “prevailing security arrangements have undeniably failed” and that the role of the security adviser over the past eight months of the conflict in the state “has been utterly ineffective, with no discernible signs of improvement.”
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