Overview

• Angomcha Bimol Akoijam says he was stopped on June 29 from entering Phougakchou-Ikhai Makha Leikai Keithel in Bishnupur, a locality within his Inner Manipur constituency.
• He asserts the barricade was installed by the 6 Assam Rifles in May 2023 to curb mob violence but has since become a tool of communal segregation.
• The MP highlights that residents of other communities pass freely through the same checkpoint, indicating selective enforcement against Meiteis.
• Akoijam cites armed attacks on Meitei farmers on June 16 in Imphal East and June 20 in Bishnupur as evidence of targeted intimidation.
• The Manipur government denies any official buffer zone exists and security forces have not publicly responded to the allegations.