NIA's Selective Justice: Discriminatory Tactics Against Kukis and Leniency Towards Meitei Militants

The pick and choose strategy of the NIA In their choice of cases which is antagonistic particularly against the KUKIS but comatose for terror outfits operating in the valley is simply discriminatory, unethical and unprofessional. Objectivity and detachment, which are the hallmark of the functioning of premier agencies like NIA , are found to have been thrown to the winds by the investigators and it apparently seems that they have traded a path guided by preconceived ideas and line of action of that of MR. BIREN SINGH. The tone of language and their choice of cases, portrays them as “caged parrot of Mr BIREN SINGH” rather than they being an impartial and unbiased premier investigating agency.

The transnational conspiracy allegation is both funny and ironic. Supply of arms, ammunition and explosives by a military outfit that is fighting for its democratic freedom against a mighty military JUNTA which has China to back it for years in a poor country like Myanmar is simply illogical. They have enough problems presented to them by the JUNTA on their plate. CREATING UNREST in North East India which will serve nothing for them will be the concern they will bother with the least. There definitely is the possibility of creating unrest by Meitei terrorist outfits that have their military bases in Myanmar; one to appease the military JUNTA whom they fight alongside; and two, to help their MEITEI counterparts who executed the ethnic cleansing against the KUKIS, whose brethren in Myanmar are now one after the other destroying Meitei military bases in MYANMAR. It’s ironic because it is the same WORD that Mr. Biren utilised first and repeatedly, to undermine the sufferings of the Kukis and to whitewash the inhumane and illegal activities of Meitei terrorists supported by him on the Kukis. The National Investigation Agency has become a means through which Mr. Biren encroaches its power to oppress the KUKIS, where his limbs are cut-off from his reach.

Why is an agency that has as its mission the ambition to build a database on all terrorist related information and share the database available with the States and other agencies, oblivious to the videos and social media posts that MEITEI terrorists have uploaded on the internet on various social media platforms before and after attacking the KUKIS? They can be seen in the act of committing their brutal crimes or flaunting the evidence of the heinous crimes, but an INVESTIGATION AGENCY like the NIA never knocked at their doors. Is the new rule in MANIPUR for investigating agency “YOU’RE INNOCENT IF YOU’RE MEITEI “?? OR IS THEIR A NEED TO SHIFT THE REGIONAL BRANCH OF NIA FOR THEM TO WORK WITH DETACHMENT AND OBJECTIVITY?

This is a matter of shame for an agency like the NIA, a premier investigating agency, which has among the many other goals in its set of list it set for itself to achieve, an aim at creating deterrence for existing and potential terrorist groups/individuals.

Thus, one cannot help but question, with the Arambai Tenggol AND UNLF(PAMBEI) acting unhindered and unchecked illegal, terror and anti-national activities occurring in its backyard in the heart of Imphal valley, and by turning a blind eye unto their activities, whether the THE NIA-IMPHAL is becoming a burden for the premier agency on its ambition to be a thoroughly professional investigative agency matching the best international standards??

The operational strategy of various investigation agencies in general and the NIA in particular, is sending out the message to the KUKIS that MEITEIS LIVES MATTERS MORE. With hundreds of death and rape of KUKIS at the hands of MEITEI terrorist outfits like the Arambai Tenggol, only a handful have been arrested even when there is video evidence of the involvement of groups of men. Why is JUSTICE made readily available for them, which sometimes are made even at the cost of scapegoating the KUKIS of charges they might have  not  committed? ARE  KUKIS  LESS  INDIAN  THAN  MEITEIS?

THE NIA must remember it has a MISSION of developing into a thoroughly professional, result- oriented organization, upholding the constitution of India and Laws of the Land, giving prime importance to the protection of Human Rights and dignity of the individual. Thus they should make OBJECTIVITY AND DETACHMENT as essential traits it must necessarily possess while working in a sensitive state like Manipur. KUKIS’ LIVES SHOULD MATTER AS MUCH AS THE MEITEIS’.

KUKIS HAVE WITH THEM ONLY THEIR TRUTH. They don’t have the government nor the money. Their village volunteers do not arm themselves with looted weapons from state armoury like the Arambai Tenggol and UNLF(P). They don’t have the media fraternity to create a positive narrative for them like the MEITEIS do. Thus the least they deserve is an impartial and objective investigation agency.