New Delhi, July 17 -- The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for its personnel deployed in Manipur, considering recent ambushes on Assam Rifles' troops in the state facing ethnic violence since 2023 and its bordering Nagaland, directing them to "move around in only bulletproof vehicles and avoid stray movements".

The SOP is equally enforced on 200 CRPF companies (nearly 20,000) personnel as well as its recently deployed two elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) units having approximately 2,000 personnel, in the wake of the safety of the force personnel during their movements in Manipur as well as their operational activities across the state.

With its CoBRA battalio...