Manipur security adviser Kuldiep Singh continues to face the heat from leading Kuki-Zo organisations over his response to the “intelligence inputs” alerting the authorities about 900 well-trained Kuki militants “entering” the state from neighbouring Myanmar.

A day after the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) sought Singh’s resignation over the militant influx issue, the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body of Kuki tribes, in a statement on Sunday condemned “the recent fabricated inputs in a press statement” by Singh “suggesting that 900 Kuki militants have infiltrated Manipur with the intention to conduct attacks against the Meitei community”.

Asserting such “baseless allegations” are “designed to target the Kuki-Zo community, the KIM demanded that Singh “disclose the authenticity of these alleged inputs; specifically whether they originate from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Directorate General of Military Intelligence (DGMI), Border Security Force (BSF), Assam Rifles (AR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), all of which have yet to corroborate the claims of Mr Kuldiep Singh”.

KIM added: “Such fictitious claims, purportedly under duress simply to retain the post of security adviser, only stresses the urgency for a political solution for the Kuki-Zo people to prevent further misuse of the democratic institutions and the gross violation of Human Rights by the Manipur state government.”

The KIM statement said Meitei terrorist groups had infiltrated Manipur, aided and abetted by the state government. “These outfits, generally referred to as Valley-Based Insurgent Groups (VBIGs), have been responsible for coordinated attacks against the Kuki-Zo people... In light of these glaring facts, the incessant attempts to portray the Kuki-Zo people as having trans-border links are both ridiculous and appalling”, it said.