Imphal, Sept. 20 -- Kuki National Organisation and United Peoples Front, the two umbrella organizations of the Kuki-Zo militant groups, which had recently renewed a ceasefire agreement with the governments of India and Manipur, strongly condemn the deadly attack on an Assam Rifles convoy on September 19 at Nambol Bishnupur district, barely 11 km from Imphal.

While no valley-based insurgency group has claimed responsibility for this attack, which tragically resulted in the deaths of two Assam Rifles personnel and left five critically injured, the pattern of such assaults clearly indicates the likely perpetrators.

In a joint statement, these two outfits alleged that former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Meitei civil society orga...