Guwahati, Aug. 7 -- The Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday that a forensic examination by the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, found the audio clips allegedly linking former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to the 2023 ethnic violence had been altered.

The government subsequently sought dismissal of the petition seeking a probe into the recordings. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati placed the findings before a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva.

Bhati argued that the petition should be dismissed with costs, saying that the longer version of the audio submitted later by the petitioner also contained several edits. She informed the court, based on details provided by a...