Col Nectar Sanjenbam (retd) who retired prematurely last year was awarded the Kirti Chakra gallantry award for his role in an operation inside Myanmar
Imphal:The Manipur government has appointed a retired decorated Army officer, Col Nectar Sanjenbam, as a senior superintendent of police (combat) for the next five years, a post created for him, officials said on Monday, Sept 4, a special report in The Tribbune, Chandigarh, says.
Col Sanjenbam was in charge of a critical operation to destroy militant camps in Myanmar eight years ago,
The appointment is a result of a statement made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s last month that the Kuki people started entering Manipur from Myanmar illegally following a crackdown on militants.
An organisation of the Meitei, one of the warring communities in the northeastern state, have also asserted that the four-month-long turmoil and violence in Manipur wwas a the direct result of the tension over deforestation, illegal opium poppy cultivation and change in demography in certain areas of the state, mainly caused by illegal immigrants from Myanmar.
It is alleged that arms are being supplied to militants in Manipur from sources in Myanmar.
“The Governor of Manipur is pleased to appoint Col Nectar Sanjenbam (retired) as Senior Superintendent of Police (Combat) in Manipur police department on a fixed tenure basis for a period of five years with immediate effect,” the state Home Department said in an order.
Col Nectar Sanjenbam (retd) had led the operations against militants in Myanmar in June 2015, days after their attack in Manipur’s Chandel district left 18 Army personnel dead. “Significant casualties” have been inflicted on them, the Army had said.
It appears that the government wants to use the retired colonel’s experience in counter-militancy operations in Myanmar to address the situation in Manipur where more than 160 people were killed in the ethnic violence since early May.
Col Sanjenbam who retired prematurely last year was awarded the Kirti Chakra gallantry award for his role in the operation in Myanmar.
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