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=== Warring groups ===
Both Meitei civil society organisations, [[Arambai Tenggol]], [[Meitei Leepun]] and Kuki militants under SoO agreement with the government were repeatedly mentioned as being involved in this ongoing violence as attackers of each other's villages.
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Mercy Vnghianuang Guite, [https://www.indiatodayne.in/opinion/story/why-has-the-supreme-court-abandoned-the-zomi-kuki-tribals-of-manipur-579727-2023-06-15 Why has the Supreme Court abandoned the Zomi-Kuki Tribals of Manipur?], India Today NE, 15 June 2023.
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[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/manipur-human-rights-activists-home-vandalised-8970493/ Manipur human rights activist's home vandalised], The Indian Express, 6 October 2023. 'Around the month of May – the same time violence had first broken out in the state – [human rights activist] Loitongbam in an interview with NewsClick pointed out the emergence of “some new groups called Meitei Leepun and Arambai Tenggol”. While discussing the causes of the violence in Manipur, he said these groups had “injected militancy” into the Meitei community.'
</ref><ref name="Dhananjay Mahapatra"> [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kuki-militants-erasing-meitei-villages-sc-told/articleshow/103878049.cms/ Kuki militants erasing Meitei villages, SC told], Times of India, 23 September 2023.</ref><ref name="Utpal Parashar"> [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/manipur-assembly-adopts-resolution-to-abrogate-soo-deal-with-kuki-outfits-101709217505619/ Manipur assembly adopts resolution to abrogate SoO deal with Kuki outfits], Hindustan Times, 29 February 2024.</ref>
Surrendered cadres of Meitei insurgent groups, officially called "Valley-based Insurgent Groups" (VBIGs), are believed to have trained them in using arms looted from state armouries.<ref name="Scroll return">
Arunabh Saikia, [https://scroll.in/article/1055257/the-return-of-meitei-insurgents-marks-a-new-turn-in-manipur-conflict The return of Meitei insurgents marks a new turn in Manipur conflict], Scroll.in, 2 September 2023.
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