Overview
- Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said Sunday that Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will return after West Bengal’s April 23 and 29 polls, with added counterinsurgency units.
- Of 272 CAPF companies earlier in Manipur, 88 left for election duty, a further 15 were slated to go, and 184 will now stay after the chief minister pressed the Union Home Ministry to halt more withdrawals.
- Mine-protected and bullet-proof vehicles have begun arriving and will be used to protect key routes and support law-and-order operations.
- The government urged Meira Paibis and other groups to lift a five-day shutdown starting April 19, noting school, farm, and daily-wage losses, and it offered jobs to the parents of the two children killed in the April 7 Tronglaobi blast plus compensation and medical care.
- Konthoujam signaled tougher operations and said cadres from ceasefire groups will be confined to designated camps this month, while officials also addressed fresh anger over the killing of two Naga civilians in Ukhrul.