Manipur violence | HC directs status quo be maintained at mass burial site
The Hindu
Hours ahead of the planned mass burial of 35 Kuki-Zo people killed in the Manipur conflict, a Bench led by Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan at a 6 a.m. hearing, directed that status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Haolai Khopi village of Churachandpur.
Hours ahead of the planned mass burial of 35 Kuki-Zo people killed in the Manipur conflict, a Bench led by Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan at a 6 a.m. hearing, directed that status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Haolai Khopi village of Churachandpur.
The Manipur High Court directed the State Government and Central Government to ensure the status quo is maintained and said that the Kuki-Zo people are at liberty to apply for an alternate burial site for their people. The court issued notices to the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) and Joint Philanthropic Organizations and posted the matter for hearing on August 9.
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Meanwhile, ITLF called for burial, saying they have agreed to put it off for five days after requests from Home Minister Amit Shah. They said that the Mizoram CM also requested the same. ITLF spokesperson said the MHA assured them that if the burial is postponed the proposed site will be legalised.
Additional Central security forces have been rushed to the Bishnupur-Churachandpur district boundary in Manipur amid a call by a tribal body for the mass burial of 35 Kuki-Zo community members who were killed since May 3 in the ongoing ethnic violence in the State.
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