Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on September 22 asked people to surrender looted police weapons in the next 15 days. He said that after 15 days, security forces, Central and State, would undertake a “strong and comprehensive search operation to recover such weapons, and all persons associated with any illegal weapons will be dealt with severely, as per the law.”
After ethnic violence erupted in the State on May 3, more than 4,000 weapons and lakhs of ammunition were looted from police armouries. Around 1,400 weapons have been recovered so far.
The State government was willing to take a considerate view for the persons submitting such illegal weapons, he said.
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