"Self-Proclaimed Village Chief's Claim On Protected Site Fabricated, Concocted": Manipur Government
NDTV
"The present-day Thangjing hill range falls within the Churachandpur-Khoupum protected forests... The present-day Ukha-Loikhai settlement falls within the boundary of this protected forest," the Manipur government said in a statement on Monday
The Manipur government has intervened to put to rest claims and counter-claims by two tribes that the sacred Thangjing hill near the lakeside Moirang district belongs to them.
The government in a strongly worded statement, citing several laws, said the claim by a "self-proclaimed" village chief that the hill's ownership comes under his chieftainship is a "fabricated and concocted one with a malafide intention to mislead the general public."
"The present-day Thangjing hill range falls within the Churachandpur-Khoupum protected forests... The present-day Ukha-Loikhai settlement falls within the boundary of this protected forest," the government said in the statement on Monday.