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The Manipur Government has filed an FIR against the Kuki militant group- Kuki National Front (Military Council) for renaming and turning a sacred hill into its camp.
The case was filed after a photograph in which the militant group put up a signboard at the foothill of Thangjing Ching located in the Bishnupur district calling the place Kuki Army camp. The Thangjing Ching is a sacred pilgrimage site for the followers of the Sanamahism religion belonging to the Meetei community.
The State Land Resource Department lodged the FIR against the militant group with the Imphal Police Station and further forwarded it to the Khoupum Police Station in which jurisdiction the hill is located. The State Land Resource Department said that the Thangjing Hill range comes under the Churachandpur-Khoupum Protected Forest areas and the hill is a Protected Site under the Manipur Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act 1976.
By renaming the hill as Thangting and camp of Kuki National Front (Military Council), the group violated the provision of the Manipur Names and Places Act 2024 and the Manipur Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act 1976.
Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh warned any individual or group who tried to rename public places unlawfully. In a social media post, the Chief Minister said that a police case has been registered in connection to the renaming of Thangjing Hill as Thangting Hill.