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Sources say the Kuki group has raised large sums of money in the name of climate change and used the money to buy drones and sophisticated weapons. (Representative Image/PTI)
Top intelligence sources say the Kuki group is adept at shaping opinion in their favor and making themselves appear to be victims of excesses by the Meitei community and the Indian government
Senior intelligence sources told CNN-News18 on Friday that Kuki militant groups in violence-torn Manipur have a more organized structure to create opinions in their favor and make themselves appear to be members of the Meitei community and victims of Indian government excesses.
A source said, “Immediately after the drone blast in Meitai village on September 1, Kukis submitted a memorandum containing wrong facts to the President of India.” “Kuki militant groups have mastered the art of weapons and technology and they are apparently being trained by some foreign powers outside India.”
The sources said the Kuki groups were fully aware of security vulnerabilities in the system, including military access.
“Their attempt to create false history is also known as the fact that they submitted a factually incorrect memo to the president yesterday,” a source said. “The Kukis said in their memo that they were freedom fighters, And fighting the British in 1860 and World War I, that's absolutely not true.”
Sources said their claim in the memo that they had worked with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II was also false.
“They also provided absolutely false data on displacement and church destruction. According to the agency, the opposite of this data is more accurate. “They are as smart as other militant groups, similar to Lashkar-e-Taiba, they run charities and Use ambulance to transport well trained terrorists to the border. “
Sources say the Kuki group has raised large sums of money in the name of climate change and used the money to buy drones and sophisticated weapons.