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Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh said peaceful dialog is the lone solution to resoluteness the ethnic struggle successful the State. More than 260 radical person been killed and thousands rendered stateless successful taste unit betwixt Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
Speaking connected the sidelines of the 134th Raising Day successful Imphal connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), the DGP said, "These are precise challenging times, but we person been trying to tackle them with the champion imaginable strength, and with the practice of everyone." Mr. Singh said determination has been a batch of harm to properties and people, and mean beingness has been disrupted.
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"There are problems, which we are trying to lick astatine the earliest due to the fact that we besides privation bid and normalcy arsenic rapidly arsenic possible...Things person improved successful the past one-and-a-half years," Mr. Singh said. “Violence, deaths and injuries person travel down,” helium said.
"There are sporadic incidents of arson and firing, but the information forces are alert and everybody is connected the occupation to spot that thing escalates," the DGP said.
"I petition communities connected some sides to travel guardant with suggestions and effort to speech it out. The lone solution to this occupation is peaceful dialog betwixt some communities (Meitei and Kuki) by taking into relationship each the stakeholders," the DGP said. He besides said the Manipur Police is simply a civilian-friendly force.
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“There person been instances wherever the information forces person not pushed themselves due to the fact that otherwise, it would person resulted successful a batch of harm to guiltless civilians,” the serviceman said.
Earlier, addressing a gathering astatine the 1st Manipur Rifles parade ground, Mr. Singh said, "As galore arsenic 3,014 amerciable arms and 30,000 rounds of ammunition person been recovered, portion much than 1,000 illegally possessed arms on with 15,000 rounds of ammunition person been surrendered earlier information forces implicit the past year." He added that 445 IEDs and 809 manus grenades were recovered implicit the past year, during which 26 insurgents were detained nether the National Security Act.
In presumption of the taste strife, the Centre had imposed the President’s regularisation successful Manipur aft Chief Minister N. Biren Singh resigned. The State Assembly, which has a tenure till 2027, has been enactment nether suspended animation. “The Manipur Police celebrated its 134th Raising Day connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) with parade shows,” a connection said connected Monday (October 20, 2025).
"The Manipur Police connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) celebrated its 134th Raising Day with a parade astatine 1MR (Manipur Rifles) Ground with Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla gracing the relation arsenic the main guest," it said. “Twelve contingents of Manipur Police took portion successful the parade on with a accomplishment amusement by sports unit of Manipur Police,” it said.
“Additional SP Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who had won a golden medal astatine the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships successful Ahmedabad successful August 2025 and a metallic medal astatine the World Weightlifting Championships 2025 successful Norway's Forde, was besides presented with a peculiar award,” it said.
"DGP Manipur announced that the Governor-in-Council has precocious approved a connection of the PHQ (police headquarters) regarding the revision of the yearly azygous allowance for Manipur Police Service (MPS) officers and Junior Commissioned Officers (Inspectors, Subedars, Sub-Inspectors, and Jemadars) to ₹8,000 and ₹6,000 respectively," the connection said, adding the contiguous azygous allowance which was implemented successful 1989 had remained unchanged for the past 36 years. It besides said Kangpokpi Police Station has been awarded the DGP Manipur Trophy for Best Police Station, 2025.
