Overview
- Teams inserted by helicopter began the operation around 9 a.m., with actions confined to Churachandpur’s forested terrain including the Henglep area.
- Officials reported that jungle hideouts used by the proscribed United Kuki National Army were destroyed during the joint action.
- UKNA is not a signatory to the cessation-of-hostilities arrangement and is assessed to maintain bases both inside Manipur and across the Myanmar border.
- Authorities link the operation to recent shootings near Phase I relocation sites for internally displaced families under the government’s staged return plan.
- Ethnic violence since May 2023 has killed at least 260 people and displaced about 60,000, and security forces continue counter-insurgency efforts across the state.