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Behind India’s Manipur conflict, a tale of drugs, armed groups and politics

The drug trade has played a significant role in the political landscape as well as in fuelling the conflict in Manipur., Sugnu, India – Ratan Kumar Singh, a 58-year-old high school teacher, never imagined he would be happy to see armed fighters, or “revolutionaries” as he called them. But on May 28 last year, Singh welcomed them to his town of Sugnu in Manipur, a state in India’s northeast corner bordering Myanmar. For nearly three weeks, the small town had managed to dodge the ethnic violence between the Meitei community and,2024-04-16 04:25:00,Read More