Foreign conspiracy behind Manipur violence: NIA

Myanmar, 30/9: Terrorists based out of Myanmar and Bangladesh hatched a “transnational conspiracy” with militant leaders in the Northeast to stoke the current ethnic strife in Manipur and wage a war against India, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said.

The anti-terror agency, which has arrested two individuals allegedly involved in the conspiracy in the past week, on Saturday said investigations revealed that insurgent leaders based in the two neighbouring countries have been providing funds .

Investigation revealed that Myanmar and Bangladesh-based militant groups have entered into a conspiracy with a section of militant leaders in India to indulge in incidents of violence with an intention to drive a wedge between different ethnic groups”