CBI chief in Imphal to assess status of probe into ethnic violence
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New Delhi :CBI Director Praveen Sood visited Imphal on Monday to assess the status of the investigations into the ethnic violence in Manipur.
According to the organisation, it has taken over 27 violent cases that the state police had previously looked into. Since May, the violence has resulted in over 175 fatalities and thousands of displaced people.
Sood, who is the first chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to have visited almost all units of the agency within months of taking charge in May, landed at the Imphal airport from Guwahati around 5 pm. He was received by state Director General of Police Rajiv Singh, the officials said.
Sood held discussions with Singh on the present situation in the state, they said.
The ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3 after a "Tribal Solidarity March" was organised in the hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal valley. Tribals -- Nagas and Kukis -- constitute little more than 40 per cent and reside in the hill districts.
With PTI inputs