Kuki Inpi Manipur Condemns Brutal Cross-Border Terror Attack on Kultuh - Demands Immediate Action and Full Investigation
04/KIM/PR/25-48: The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the pre-dawn massacre and arson at Kultuh Kuki village, Kamjong district, carried out today, 11 June 2026, by a combined force of Tangkhul NSCN-IM & Eastern Flank and Myanmar-based Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) junta cadres.
The attackers entered from across the border, leaving a trail of blood and devastation, and mercilessly killed and desecrated two Church workers: Letminlun Haokip (34), General Secretary, KBC Circle No. 17 and Head Deacon, Kultuh Local Church; and Lunminthang Haokip (36), Youth Department General Secretary, KBC Circle No. 17 and Youth Chairman, Kultuh Local Church. Both victims were brutally mutilated and their bodies burned.
Eyewitnesses and physical evidence confirm this was a cross-border operation. Attackers retreated into Myanmar along identifiable routes. Their uniforms were blood-stained; they were heard speaking Tangkhul among themselves and Burmese when communicating with SNA junta cadres. Multiple residents report seeing Tangkhul local civilians assisting the attackers — guiding them, providing shelter, or facilitating movement. These eyewitness accounts must be investigated immediately and impartially to identify any collaborators and establish the full facts.
This is not an internal clash — it is external aggression that threatens the sovereignty and security of India and the safety of our people. The Centre’s continued silence and the apparent failure to secure the border amount to a gross dereliction of duty.
KIM demands immediate and decisive action from the Government of India and the Government of Manipur:
- Immediately cease all cross-border incursions and secure the Indo-Myanmar border in Kamjong district.
- Launch an urgent, independent, and impartial judicial inquiry into the Kultuh atrocity, including allegations that Tangkhul civilians assisted the attackers; ensure witness protection and forensic investigation.
- Arrest and bring to justice all perpetrators and any proven collaborators without delay.
- Declare NSCN-IM Eastern Flank (and any associated Myanmar bases) an unlawful terrorist organization, and take decisive action to dismantle their camps.
- Abrogate any de facto ceasefire arrangements that enable Tangkhul NSCN-IM operations with impunity; dismantle their camps in the hills.
- Investigate and expose the involvement of the Myanmar junta SNA (Shanni Nationalities Army) cadres, and raise this grave violation of international norms with the Government of Myanmar and at appropriate diplomatic forums.
- Provide immediate compensation to the victims’ families and reconstruct all houses and property destroyed in Kultuh.
- Deploy adequate central armed forces and permanent security outposts to protect Kuki villages across Kamjong district; strengthen Assam Rifles presence and border patrolling to stop the free movement of cross-border narco-terror networks.
For too long, the benevolence and restraint of the Kuki people have been met with betrayal and violence. We have sought peaceful, constructive engagement and cooperated with authorities at every turn, only to be repaid with bloodshed. The Centre’s continued inaction in the face of clear external aggression is unacceptable.
KIM warns that failure to act will leave our people with no option but to protect their lives and communities by other means. Those who ignore our demands — at the Centre, at the State, and beyond — will bear responsibility for the consequences.
KIM calls on democratic institutions, human rights organisations, the churches, civil society, and the media to stand with the victims and press the authorities for swift, transparent action and justice.
Kuki Inpi Media Cell
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