Kuki, Meitei villagers clash over ploughing of agricultural land
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Guwahati: Kuki and Meitei villagers clashed along the boundary between Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts on Sunday, following altercations between villagers from the two communities over ploughing of agricultural lands at a village in the foothills.
The groups targeted each other by throwing stones and using slingshots.
According to sources, three to five people suffered injuries. While ownership of the land is not yet clear, villagers from both sides clashed against each other, using bamboo and wooden sticks.
However, before things could spiral out of control, police and central security forces diffused the situation.
According to a Manipur Police statement, a Meitei farmer from Leitanpokpi had gone to plough a paddy field, with his tractor, at Sadu Lampak village, which is near a Kuki-dominated area.
"Some nearby Kuki villagers came and objected, saying the paddy field did not belong to him. Some Meitei villagers too reached the site," read the statement.
With Leitanpokpi having witnessed violent incidents between the Kukis and Meiteis since the ethnic clashes broke out in May 2023, videos of the altercation went viral, sending alarm bells among the security personnel. "Some videos are circulating, saying Kukis have come down to stop Meitei farmers," Manipur Police cautioned in its X handle, urging the public not to believe in rumours.
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"It is to inform that security forces, led by Addl SP IE and other central forces, have already reached the spot and have controlled the situation.
Additional forces led by SP and others are also responding to the situation," Manipur Police wrote on X.
According to some of the Meitei farmers, crop lands at Sadu Lampak were not cultivated in the aftermath of the ethnic clashes. However, this time, as the paddy sowing season is approaching and the number of incidents have come down after imposition of the President's rule, the Meitei farmers went to plough the land, despite it being in a vulnerable location.
The Meitei farmers who went to plough the land said they had reportedly taken permission from the authorities to cultivate the land.
In the last two years, several farmers have been killed while working in a paddy field.
Meanwhile, the Meitei Heritage Welfare Foundation alleged that the Kuki villagers obstructed Meitei farmers from cultivating their land, even in the presence of security forces.
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