Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita on December 16 said that the availability of a large number of firearms with warring groups in Manipur coupled with instability in neighbouring Myanmar has grave implications for the situation in the strife-torn northeastern State.
He said the Army and the Assam Rifles, in concert with the State police and the CAPF deployed, have been able to control the violence to a large extent in Manipur, where the Meitei and the Kuki communities are at loggerheads with each other.
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