Indian Police Service officer Gyanendra Pratap Singh visited Manipur for the first time after assuming the post of Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (DG of CRPF). Manipur has been violence-hit for a long time and President’s rule has been imposed in this state only last week.In an unfortunate incident, recently a CRPF jawan committed suicide here after shooting his two colleagues and injuring many.
India’s largest paramilitary force CRPF has 210 companies including different units in Manipur. In total there are more than twenty thousand personnel of this force in this NorthEastern State.
IPS Gyanendra Pratap Singh arrived here on February 20 on a three-day official visit. According to the official spokesperson of CRPF, Director General GP Singh was given a guard of honor at the quarter guard on reaching the 112 battalion. After this, he inspected the signal unit , other rank mess, main office etc. located in the 112 battalion premises. On this occasion, Deputy Inspector General (Operations) of Kangpokpi Manish Kumar Sachhar, Commandant of 112 Battalion Ranjan Kumar Barua were present. ‘Bada Khana’ (official dinner with the jawans) was also organized in the camp.
During his visit to Manipur, the CRPF Director General also addressed the Sainik Sammelan. He called upon the officers and personnel to work tirelessly to take the force to new heights. He held a separate meeting with senior officers. During the interaction with the personnel, CRPF chief GP Singh listened to their issues carefully and assured every possible solution.
Earlier, CRPF Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Wednesday visited the Lamshang camp of the 120th battalion in Imphal West district. Head Constable Sanjay Kumar Meghwal, a resident of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, posted here, opened fire on the personnel of his own unit. In this incident, Sub-Inspector Tilak Raj and Constable Rajiv Ranjan died on the spot while eight other personnel were seriously injured. After this, Sanjay Meghwal committed suicide by shooting with his service rifle.
GP Singh also visited the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, where the injured have been admitted. He wished for the speedy recovery of the jawans and spoke to the doctors treating the CRPF jawans.
A senior officer said that DG GP Singh urged the personnel present in the camp to remain alert, support each other and keep their morale high. The DG assured the jawans that they will get full support for their operational and personal needs.
President’s rule in Manipur:
Apart from meeting Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday, the CRPF Director General also met other senior officials of the state including the Security Advisor of the Manipur Government Kuldiep Singh.
Manipur has been suffering from ethnic violence for a long time ( fresh violence since May 2023) and the state government has failed to normalize the situation. It was also being disgraced at the political level. Amidst the allegations of failure of the government machinery, there was a constant demand for the removal of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
N Biren Singh met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on 9 February 2025 and submitted his resignation from the post of Chief Minister of Manipur. After this, when the BJP could not reach a consensus on the name of the new Chief Minister, the elected Manipur Legislative Assembly was dissolved and President’s rule was imposed on here from 16 February.
Manipur is one of those states in India where President’s rule has been imposed the most number of times. Earlier, since 1967, President’s rule has been imposed here 10 times. From 2001 to 2002, there was a period of President’s rule here for the tenth time. Now the President’s rule has been imposed here for the 11th time.
