Imphal: “All precautionary security measures are in place to ensure security for the movement of people attending the Shirui Festival,” said Manipur Police Department on Sunday.
“Regular security review is being taken and senior officers are deployed to supervise the security arrangement. Public are requested to cooperate in this regard.”
“Some unknown individual and organisation allegedly of the Kuki community have issued threat messages to the Meitei, who are planning to visit Shirui Festival in Ukhrul today (Sunday), mostly in various social media platforms,” Manipur Police said. “Any such threats are taken seriously and inquired into promptly. So far, these organisations are found to be non-existent.”
“It may be mentioned that a number of credible Kuki organisations have also come out in the past dissociating themselves from such unknown organisations,” Manipur Police said. “A criminal case has been registered at Cyber Crime Police Station in this regard and all out effort shall be made to arrest them.”
Shirui Lily Festival was scheduled to begin on Wednesday at Ukhrul to celebrate for five days.
