Manipur the Most Violent Northeast Indian State in 2018: Home Ministry Report

Imphal, November 5, 2019:

A Home Ministry report has revealed that Manipur was the most violent Northeast Indian State in the year 2018. Ironically, in 2018, the number of insurgency and civilian deaths was recorded as being lowest in the past 14 years.

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A total of 127 violent incidents were reported in Manipur in 2018, while the number of such incidents was 252 in the entire Northeastern region that includes Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

In 2018, however, the state witnessed a decline in insurgency-related incidents by 24 per cent compared to 167 in 2017, and civilian deaths went down from 23 in 2017, to 8 in 2018.

It may be mentioned here that civilian deaths went down from 23 in 2017 to 8 in 2018.

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The Meitei insurgency accounted for about 57 per cent of insurgency incidents in Manipur, killing of 6 security forces personnel and five civilians.

Meanwhile, separatist organizations ULFA and NDFB contunue to be operational in Assam, whereas the NSCN is still active in Nagaland.

Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple armed separatist factions operating in India's northeastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land as narrow as 14.29 miles wide. Some factions favour a separate state, while others seek regional autonomy.

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