A year after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the clean-up of records has brought down the total number of violence-related First Information Reports (FIRs) from over 11,000 to around 3,000, a government source told The Hindu.
The number of cases had shot up due to overlap, several duplicate FIRs for the same incident and thousands of Zero FIRs, the official said. Zero FIRs are filed irrespective of jurisdiction and are later transferred to the police station where the crime took place.
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said that the people should be united and there should be no attempts to divide the society. “Those who have committed the crimes should be prosecuted legally. I appeal to the people from both sides to surrender weapons,” Mr. Singh told The Hindu.
