To Prevent Manipur's Jiribam Violence Spillover, Assam Cops' New Campaign In Cachar District

Assam's Cachar district shares a 132-km long boundary with Manipur. A large part of it is riverine

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

The district in Manipur had seen violence between the Meitei community and the Hmar tribe after two people from both communities were found murdered in May and this month. Both suspected each other's hand in the case, which led to arson by Meitei protesters, followed by attacks by heavily armed Hmar insurgents who came by boat to burn Meitei homes in Jiribam.

Nearly 1,700 people from both communities have taken shelter in southern Assam's Cachar district, just across the state border.