In what has triggered a panic, intelligence agencies have issued a major alert in trouble-torn Manipur suggesting that a gang of nearly 900 newly trained Kuki militants have infiltrated into the state from Myanmar. The purported intelligence alert, about influx of 900-odd tribal militants from Myanmar - all newly trained in use of drones, projectiles and missiles as part of a mission to launch coordinated attacks on villages in the Imphal valley around September 28 has been forwarded to cops by the office of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. Referring to the intelligence alert, the security adviser to the BJP-led government Mr Kuldiep Singh, said, “Until this intelligence input is proved wrong, we believe it is 100 percent correct and preparing to foil it.
” “If it does not come true, either it didn't happen or our efforts didn't let it happen. Either way, you cannot take it lightly,” said the ex-CRPF director general on deputation to Manipur since the ethnic conflict broke out in mid-2023. The September 16 alert from the CMO states that tribal militants "are reportedly grouped in units of 30 members each and currently scattered on the periphery, and expected to launch multiple coordinated attacks".
The security adviser said that the districts and border units of Manipur Police and Assam Rifles were on maximum alert. Mr Singh said that in the wake of the intelligence alert a meeting of the strategic operations group was also held on September 18 which planned strat.