New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Manipur government claimed in the Supreme Court on Friday that an audio tape alleging complicity of former Chief Minister N Biren Singh in instigating the 2023 Manipur violence was found to be "manipulated" after forensic examination by a national lab and sought dismissal of a petition on the matter with costs. Appearing before a bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva, additional solicitor general (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati representing the state said that the tape produced by the petitioner, Kuki Organisation for Human Rights was sent to National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar which noted serious manipulations. "This petition must be dismissed with costs. See what they have done. The report by NFSU, Gandhinagar says that the audio clip supplied by the petitioner had 41 aberrations." The petition has alleged that the clip revealed the CM's involvement in fuelling the ethnic clashes between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur. The violence claimed more than 260 lives and displaced thousands in the northeastern state. P4...