in the past couple of days a video had gone viral in social media from Manipur where there were men 10 to 15 taking sophisticated arms were seen playing football as a part of a local ceremony now Manipur police have identify five men who were illegally carrying arms and playing football in the video which which has gone viral in social media and they have been arrested now this five men have been arrested they they in their mid 20s they were among the 10 to 15 odd people who were wearing uh jerseys and playing football in that
video which had gone viral now Manipur police sources tell us that this arrest have taken place in Kopi District which is dominated by the kizo community what is important is that this comes at a time when Manipur is under president's Rule and Watchers believe that there would be Street action taken against people carrying illegal arms because in money iur after the ethnic violence that started in May 2023 and last year we saw occasional flare ups the issue of people carrying illegal weapon has become a major issue and the opposition has criticized the government more than
once for not being able to find out who all have illegal weapons both the were Waring communities the Maes and the cookies have their own village volunteers which were the groups were raised to protect the villages but often they are seen attacking each other and in both the hills and the valley region there have been also armed groups Militan groups which who are operating with illegal weapons and therefore recovery of illegal weapon has become a very important issue for Center as well you have maximum militarization in Manipur this moment with thousands of central forces being
stationed in Manipur and therefore it is expected that they would be used for a Crackdown against these illegal arms and perhaps the beginning has started with those who were seen in the video that gone viral of playing football with AK-47 rifles being carried by them
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