The Assam Rifles has written to the Manipur police alerting the latter that “few Meitei miscreants” may use refurbished civilian trucks, which resemble vehicles used by the paramilitary force, for “anti-national activities” to tarnish the reputation of the security force.
The letter sent by the Assam Rifles on September 18 to the Churachandpur Superintendent of Police said that it was reliably learnt that “few Meitei miscreants with the help of VBIGs [valley based insurgent groups] have acquired many used TATA 407 (mini trucks) from civil market and have converted them to resemble the vehicles being used by the Assam Rifles by painting and putting the AR insignia.”
It said the vehicles are learnt to be located in the Kakching area, a valley district.
