The Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) is appalled by the Indian government's decision to award a gallantry medal to an Assistant Commandant of the CRPF for the killing of 10 Kuki-Zo tribal men in Manipur in 2024.
It may be recalled that 10 tribal village volunteers were mercilessly gunned down on Nov 11, 2024, by CRPF personnel when they had gone to Jiribam district of Manipur to protect their community after Meitei militants burned a village and killedawoman the previous week. The woman, from the Hmar tribe, was a school teacher and mother of three young
children. She was shot in the leg, killed, and set on fire in Jiribam's Zairawn village. Theautopsy report noted horrific injuries on the victim's body, including broken bones and a separated skull.
here was no cause for the village volunteers to attack a CRPF post, as alleged by authorities after the killing. The men were a ragtag bunch of mostly daily-wage laborers from different villages who volunteered to protect their people-not trained "militants" as alleged by the police. Autopsy reports also reveal that the men were shot from behind, contradicting the official narrative that the CRPF post was attacked.
ITLF condemns in the strongest terms the awarding of the Shaurya Chakra to AC Vipin Wilson, who made the decision to fire on men who were only trying to protect their community in the midst of the ethnic conflict in Manipur. This award is a continuation of the discrimination and injustice meted out to Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, who have borne the brunt of the suffering in the nearly three-year-long ethnic conflict.
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Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF)
It may be recalled that 10 tribal village volunteers were mercilessly gunned down on Nov 11, 2024, by CRPF personnel when they had gone to Jiribam district of Manipur to protect their community after Meitei militants burned a village and killedawoman the previous week. The woman, from the Hmar tribe, was a school teacher and mother of three young
children. She was shot in the leg, killed, and set on fire in Jiribam's Zairawn village. Theautopsy report noted horrific injuries on the victim's body, including broken bones and a separated skull.
here was no cause for the village volunteers to attack a CRPF post, as alleged by authorities after the killing. The men were a ragtag bunch of mostly daily-wage laborers from different villages who volunteered to protect their people-not trained "militants" as alleged by the police. Autopsy reports also reveal that the men were shot from behind, contradicting the official narrative that the CRPF post was attacked.
ITLF condemns in the strongest terms the awarding of the Shaurya Chakra to AC Vipin Wilson, who made the decision to fire on men who were only trying to protect their community in the midst of the ethnic conflict in Manipur. This award is a continuation of the discrimination and injustice meted out to Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, who have borne the brunt of the suffering in the nearly three-year-long ethnic conflict.
Issued by –
Information & Publicity,
Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF)
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