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Arambai Tenggol (AT), is a Meitei activist organisation group in Manipur, publicly backed recent remarks by Tamil Nadu Governor Ravindra Narayana Ravi warning that illegal immigration from Bangladesh and Myanmar threatens to destabilise India — even suggesting it could create conditions comparable to partition. AT echoed these concerns, alleging illegal settlers are encroaching on reserved…
Manipur Police arrested two alleged Arambai Tenggol (AT) activists in Imphal West on Sunday, August 31, 2025, and produced them in court on Monday, September 1, 2025, securing nine days of police custody. Officers say they seized seven HK33 rifles, two M4A1 carbines, two Glock .45 pistols, 36 empty magazines (28 for HK33 and eight…
On August 25, 2025, Manipur’s lone MP, Leishemba Sanajaoba (BJP, Rajya Sabha), publicly criticised the newly released Independent People’s Tribunal report on Manipur’s ethnic conflict—facilitated by PUCL—calling it “biased, one-sided, and misleading.” He urged civil society and legal professionals to press for an independent legal investigation and said he would consult legal experts regarding possible…
Short Summary of the News On July 9, 2025, Manipur Police arrested eight volunteers from the Meitei socio-cultural outfit Arambai Tenggol, who allegedly assaulted an Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and his team during a bandh in Bishnupur district on June 9. The violent mob at Nambol Thongkha attacked the ASP and personnel while they were…
Summary of the News ArticleThree members of the Meitei socio-cultural outfit Arambai Tenggol—Huidrom Somokanta Singh, Huidrom Dipak Singh, and Thingujam Ranjit Singh—were arrested by Manipur Police on June 15, 2025, in connection with the abduction of 29‑year‑old differently‑abled man, Chesam Abdul Kadir (Achouba), from Paobitek Mayai Leikai in Imphal West. He had gone missing on…
Summary Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei activist group in Manipur, called off its ongoing 10-day shutdown after just three days on June 10, 2025. The shutdown was launched as a protest following the arrest of their leader, Asem Kanan Singh, by the CBI for his alleged role in the 2023 Manipur violence. While the shutdown was…
Short Summary In a heart-wrenching incident, the body of 55-year-old Takhellambam Ibochouba, affectionately known as Nongban, was recovered from the Abulok riverbed in Lairenkabi village, Imphal West district, Manipur. Ibochouba had gone missing on Sunday after being swept away by the swollen river, which had overflowed due to continuous heavy rainfall. His body was discovered…
News Summary On May 12, 2025, Manipur police, in collaboration with central security forces, arrested two individuals—Haobijam Khumarjit (45) and Haobijam Mangangcha Singh, also known as Naobi (41)—for their alleged involvement in the November 2024 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Haraorou, Imphal East district. The duo, residents of Yumnam Khunou Awang…
News Summary On May 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of India reviewed a sealed forensic report concerning audio recordings that allegedly implicate former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in the 2023 ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities. The petition, filed by the NGO Kuki Organisation for Human Trust through advocate Prashant Bhushan,…
News Summary On April 21, 2025, Manipur Police arrested two members of the Arambai Tenggol group for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Ajimul Hussain Laskar, a resident of Bakhal in Assam’s Cachar district. The suspects, identified as RK Khomdonsana (32) from Bhutangkhal and Lourembam Thoiba (20) from Uchathol, were apprehended in connection with the abduction. In…