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“Three militants of a banned organisation successful Manipur were arrested from 2 districts for allegedly issuing threats to participants of the precocious concluded Sangai festival,” a elder serviceman said connected Friday (December 5, 2025).
“Five cases were registered successful transportation with the alleged threats by the proscribed G-5 to those who had attended the Sangai festival, a tourism event,” helium said.
"Three cadres of G-5 person been arrested from Imphal West and Imphal East districts. Investigations are underway to place respective others and instrumentality indispensable ineligible enactment against those who were progressive successful issuing threats," the serviceman said.
The G-5 comprises 5 proscribed organisations - UNLF, KCP, KYKL, Prepak, and Prepak (Pro) - which "imposed a one-year prohibition connected show by 4 play troupes for participating successful the Sangai festival", helium said.
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The radical besides asked each stall owners and those who took portion successful the festival to contented a nationalist apology earlier December 10, the serviceman said.
The Manipur Police "assured that strict enactment volition beryllium taken against immoderate effort to intimidate oregon disrupt taste activities and nationalist events successful the state".
Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla had said the Sangai festival served arsenic an important outreach platform, bringing unneurotic tourism stakeholders from crossed the state and abroad.
However, the tourism festival, which was held aft a three-year spread owed to the taste conflict, recorded an abysmally debased turnout, amid protests by internally displaced persons (IDPs).
More than 260 radical person been killed and thousands rendered stateless successful taste unit betwixt Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kukis since May 2023.
