United Nations Expressed Concern Over Manipur Violence Appealed to provide security to human rights activists; The house was attacked on 5th October

On October 5, the house of human rights activist Bablu Lithongbam was attacked by a mob in Manipur. (file photo)

After the second outbreak of violence in Manipur, the United Nations has expressed concern over the situation in the state. United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHR) wrote on social media on Friday (October 6) – We are concerned about the threats being received by human rights activist Bablu Lithongbam, who spoke on Manipur violence.

On October 5, Bablu Lithongbam’s house was attacked by a violent mob. UNHR blamed Meitai Lipuns and Arambai Tengol as being behind the incident. Also demanded from the authorities to provide security to Bablu Lithongbam, his family and house.

Human rights activist Bablu Lithongbam has been critical of Meitei fundamentalist organizations Meitei Lipuns and Arambai Tengol. Meitei Lipuns had announced to boycott Bablu Lithongbam and Brinda Thounaojam in a press release on 5 October.

Bablu Lithongbam had said before the attack that the more I am speaking openly, it seems that fundamentalist organizations will attack my house also.

However, after the attack, a video of Bablu Lithongbam surfaced on social media, in which he had apologized to the people of Manipur for his statement given in an interview during the initial days of Manipur violence.

Bablu Lithongbam has also been critical of state CM N Biren. He had said that to end the violence in Manipur, BJP should make another BJP leader the CM instead of N Biren Singh.

Why violence broke out again in Manipur, read sequentially…

23 September: After the ban on mobile internet was lifted in the state on September 23, photographs of dead bodies of two students were revealed, which is going viral on social media. In the photo, both their bodies are seen lying on the ground. Also the boy’s head has been chopped off. However, the bodies of both have not been found yet. In July, both the students were seen in the CCTV camera installed in a shop, but since then they could not be traced.

After the ban on mobile internet was lifted on September 23, photographs of dead bodies of two students were revealed, which is going viral on social media.

26 September: There was a clash between security forces and students in Imphal city on 26 September. In this, 54 students including 1 teacher were injured. The students were protesting against the murder of two students missing since July. All the injured have been admitted to the nearest hospital. After this incident, the state government has once again banned mobile internet till October 1.

27 September: At around 11 pm, protesters attacked the house of the Deputy Collector in Imphal West district. Two vehicles parked in the compound of his house were set on fire, while the main gate was broken. A lamp post was uprooted and window glasses were broken. The aim of these protesters was to set fire to the house of the Deputy Collector. Police have found petrol bomb bottles in the compound of the house.

Apart from this, the mob set fire to the BJP office in Thoubal district. Apart from this, the house of BJP President Sharda Devi has also been vandalized in Imphal.

BJP office set on fire by mob in Manipur’s Thoubal district.

28 September: The miscreants came to attack the private house of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh at Luwangsangbam in Imphal East, but the police stopped them about 500 meters before the house. The police dispersed the miscreants by firing tear gas shells. Security at CM’s house has been increased after the attempted attack.

The place where the miscreants were going to attack is the personal house of CM N Biren Singh.

4th October: The attackers entered Meitei area late night and set two-three houses on fire in Patsoi of Kaithelmangbi in Imphal West. All the attackers were armed with weapons. The miscreants also fired several rounds. The attackers fled after the incident. After this a group of women from Meitei community gathered at the spot. The security forces stopped the women from moving forward and tried to maintain peace. Violence has been going on in Manipur since the murder of two students missing since July came to light.

CBI arrested 4 for murder of 2 students
On October 1, CBI arrested 4 people including 2 women for the murder of the two students. He was caught from Churachandpur. Their names are Paominlun Haokip, S. Malswan are Haokip, Lingneichon Bight and Tinuping. The investigating agency took all the accused to Guwahati in Assam. Guwahati Court sent these accused to CBI custody for 5 days.

The main accused of murder and his wife are also among those arrested. The CBI also took away his two daughters, aged 9 and 11 years. The daughters are minors, that is why they were asked to hand them over to a relative.

On July 19, the video of women being paraded naked went viral.
On May 4 itself, an incident of two women being paraded naked took place in Thoubal district. Its video went viral on social media on July 19. It is seen in the video that some people stripped two women and did obscene acts with them.

The husband of a victim woman said, ‘A mob of a thousand people had attacked the village. I could not save my wife and the villagers from the mob. Even the policemen did not give us security. The mob continued to commit atrocities for three hours. My wife somehow took shelter in a village.

At the same time, the mother of the other woman seen in the video said- ‘Now we will never return to our village. There my little boy was shot dead, my daughter was put to shame. Now everything is over for me.

This photo has been taken from the video of women being paraded naked. We did not include the women’s portion. This crowd belongs to the accused.

180 dead, 1100 injured so far in Manipur
So far 180 people have been killed in the caste violence that has been going on in Manipur for the last 4 months. More than 1100 people have been injured. Not only this, 5172 cases of arson were reported, which included incidents of burning and vandalism of 4786 houses and 386 religious places.