Manipur police file criminal case against Meitei Leepun chief

Imphal: Pramot Singh, the chief of Meitei Leepun, has landed in trouble after the Manipur police filed a criminal case against him on various charges, including promoting enmity between groups and criminal conspiracy. 

Based on a complaint filed by the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) Sadar Hills, Kangpokpi district on June 13, a case was registered at the Kangpokpi police station on July 8 under FIR No. 45(7)KPI-PS 2023 u/s 120-B/153-A/504/505/506/34 IPC – invoking charges such as criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between groups, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace and criminal intimidation, among others.

The complaint filed by the KSO mentions statements made by Singh in an interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire on June 6. It also notes that Singh accepted that the Meitei Leepun was training people to use arms and warned that there “will be a civil war and the Kukis will not be able to defend themselves”. The complaint also cited tweets that Singh or the Meitei Leepun had posted, which it says instigated violence.