Assam IPS officer Anand Mishra to head Manipur SIT

Guwahati: Anand Mishra has been appointed as the in-charge of special investigation team, which will probe cases of violence in strife-torn Manipur. Another officer of Assam Police Service, Randip Kumar Barua, has also been included in the SIT.

The Supreme Court had in August ordered the formation of 42 special investigation teams after ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3.

The court asked for six SITs for the districts of Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur and Kakching, and three for Thoubal and Tengnoupal districts.