Manipur Violence Will Continue Until 4,000 Looted Arms Recovered: Army Commander
NDTV
The Eastern Army Commander said India is giving shelter to anyone from Myanmar seeking refuge, but not armed cadres of insurgent groups of drug traffickers.
Terming the ethnic clashes in Manipur as a "political problem", Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita on Tuesday said incidents of violence will continue unless around 4,000 weapons, which were looted from security forces, are recovered from common people.
The Eastern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief also said India is giving shelter to anyone from Myanmar seeking refuge, including common villagers, army or police, in Mizoram and Manipur, but not armed cadres of insurgent groups of drug traffickers.
"Our efforts have been to contain the violence and motivate both sides of the conflict to come for a peaceful resolution of the political problem. Because ultimately, there has to be a political resolution to the problem," Lt Gen Kalita told reporters at an interaction organised by the Gauhati Press Club.
