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SoO Expiry Helps Arrest 17 Fake Cadres, Seize Weapons

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Manipur CM urges surrender

Manipur Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh visited Sinai Camp urging weapon surrender on Oct 25, 2026.
CRPF Quick Action Team and CoBRA seized 24 firearms, 38 magazines, ammunition, explosives, and communication gear on Oct 23, 2026.
Seventeen men posing as SoO cadres—eight KNA and nine KLA members—were arrested and remanded until Oct 31, 2026.
Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said the SoO agreement expired on Sep 4, 2026 and was not renewed.

Summary

CM announces committee

Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh announced a 36-community committee for peace, harmony and development.
The move follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s query about a unifying body.
Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh will consult MLAs and Maharaja Leishemba Sanajaoba on panel’s makeup.
A Hill Chiefs’ Guest House opened at the Palace Compound during Mera Hou Chongba.
Maharaja Leishemba Sanajaoba said hill guests once stayed in hotels, now they have dedicated lodging.

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Kharge condemns BJP

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the BJP’s handling of Manipur, calling the bloodshed a grave indictment.
Kharge demanded answers on the June 2023 peace committee and Justice Gita Mittal’s recommendations.
He said over 300 deaths occurred since May 2023 and 24,530 people remain in relief camps.
Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka urged the chief minister’s resignation, assembly dissolution and fresh elections.
Ulaka reported three Meitei civilians killed on 19 October while gathering firewood.

History

Historical Context

Northeast India’s peace efforts began with the 1986 Mizoram Accord, which ended a two-decade insurgency, and continued with the 1997 Manipur agreement signed on 8 July after the Kuki National Front’s massacre on 24 June that left nine villagers dead. Today the CRPF’s fresh weapon seizures and a 36-community panel revive that disarmament-and-inclusion approach.

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Manipur CM urges surrender

Manipur Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh visited Sinai Camp urging weapon surrender on Oct 25, 2026.
CRPF Quick Action Team and CoBRA seized 24 firearms, 38 magazines, ammunition, explosives, and communication gear on Oct 23, 2026.
Seventeen men posing as SoO cadres—eight KNA and nine KLA members—were arrested and remanded until Oct 31, 2026.
Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said the SoO agreement expired on Sep 4, 2026 and was not renewed.

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