Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced on Monday that the state administration has filed a FIR against members of the Editors Guild who are attempting to incite further conflict in the state.
According to the Manipur Chief Minister, a charge has been launched against three members: Seema Guha, Bharat Bhushan, and Sanjay Kapoor. The Editors Guild has yet to respond to the FIR filed against members of its organization.
Addressing the conference, CM Biren Singh said “I give a warning to the members of the Editors Guild, Who constituted them? if you want to do something, then do visit the spot, see the ground reality, meet the representatives of all communities and then publish what you found. Otherwise, meeting some sections only and coming to a conclusion is highly condemnable.”
“The State government has filed an FIR against the members of the Editors Guild who are trying to create more clashes in the state of Manipur,” CM added. The Editors Guild of India issued a report on its ‘Fact-Finding Mission on Media Reportage of Ethnic Violence in Manipur’ on September 2.
In its report which was posted on the Guilds social media handle on X the Guild had claimed “There are clear indications that the leadership of the state became partisan during the conflict. It should have avoided taking sides in the ethnic conflict but it failed to do its duty as a democratic government.”
On Friday Lt. Gen PC Nair DG Assam Rifles had said “Unlike in the past, Manipur is witnessing an “unprecedented” situation currently due to the ethnic clashes owing to the fact that both communities have large number of weapons putting the state in the spot like never before.”