Hmar Body Objects To Peace Meet Moderated By Security Forces In Manipur's Jiribam

Meitei and Hmar representatives had agreed to cooperate with security forces in Jiribam, and to ensure controlled and coordinated movement of people; the meeting was moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles

The Hmar tribe's key civil society organisation in Manipur has refused to recognise a peace meeting between the Hmars and Meitei community moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles.

A day after the peace meeting on Thursday, the house of a Meitei family was set on fire by unknown people in Jiribam, the police said. The family told reporters they managed to escape. No one was injured, the police said.

The civil society group Hmar Inpui in a statement said its affiliated units signed the peace agreement without the knowledge of the main office, adding it has shut down its Jiribam unit now.