For calling Manipur violence state-sponsored, CPI’s Annie Raja, 2 others face FIR

In his complaint, Singh had referred to a press meet addressed by the three-member committee on July 1 in Imphal and claimed that they referred to the violence in Manipur as state-sponsored “without any conclusive evidence”.

“Such statement is a conspiracy to overthrow a democratically elected government by instigating people to wage war against the government… The above statements made by the accused persons by spreading fake and false news while formal inquiry is pending has instigated the general public to act against the Government and created enmity amongst the communities and they are adding fuel to the fire at this volatile situation of the state,” states the complaint.

Earlier, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Imphal East had issued summons to University of Hyderabad Professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing based on a complaint filed by Imphal resident Moirangthem Manihar Singh for statements made in a news interview on June 17. The complaint alleged that he had made derogatory statements on “holy religious sites associated historically with the Meitei community” and false statements “which accuses and defames the Meitei community”.

On Sunday, Manipur Home Commissioner T Ranjit Singh had also written to the DGP requesting “stern action” against members of the Zomi Students’ Federation who had published a book called “The Inevitable Split – Documents on State-Sponsored Ethnic Cleansing in Manipur, 2023”. The 96-page book had been published in May by the Zomi Students’ Federation and Kuki Students’ Organisation. The Home Commissioner requested the DGP to register an FIR against the author and organisation, ban its further publication and to take “appropriate steps to submit a detailed proposal to forfeit and issue necessary search warrants against the book”.