Kuki-Zo groups take out coffin rally in Manipur; CRPF chief reviews security, discusses roadmap to end insurgency

📌 Summary:

• Kuki-Zo organisations held a "coffin rally" in Manipur (June 6, 2026) ahead of the burial of three community members, including a woman, killed in an early-morning attack on June 5 at Loibol Khullen village, Kangpokpi district
• Mourners demanded justice for the victims and action against those responsible; the rally ran from Kangpokpi town to Martyrs' Cemetery at Phaijang (~15 km)
• The CRPF Director General reviewed the security situation and discussed a roadmap to eliminate insurgency in the State
• The incident underscores the continuing ethnic conflict (Meitei vs Kuki-Zo) and fragile security in Manipur

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 Internal Security — Northeast insurgency and ethnic conflict; role of central armed police forces (CRPF); challenges of restoring order in Manipur.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• Kangpokpi is a Kuki-Zo dominated district in Manipur
• CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) is India's largest central armed police force, under the Ministry of Home Affairs

🔑 Key Term: Kuki-Zo — a group of ethnic communities in Manipur's hill districts, at the centre of the State's ongoing ethnic conflict with the Meitei community.