Centre sets up tribunal to adjudicate ban on Meitei militant groups

Guwahati:The Union home ministry on Tuesday constituted the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal to adjudicate whether there are adequate reasons to declare several Meitei militant groups in Manipur as “unlawful associations”.

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The tribunal will be headed by Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi of the Gauhati High Court.On November 13, the Union home ministry extended the ban on several Meitei militant organisations under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for five years for advocating the secession of Manipur through armed means.