Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', TNM has found that heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.
The statement made in the July-August edition of the insurgent group's mouthpiece Nagalim Voice also called the proposed map of a Kuki-administered territory as "unrealistic".
Five years ago, Brinda Thounaojam made the biggest drug-related arrest in Manipur history. Today, the ex-cop is one of the most vocal critics of Chief Minister Biren Singh’s policies in the midst of the ongoing ethnic conflict.
At a BJP-run relief camp for pregnant Meitei women, many women are giving birth before moving on to other camps, separated from families and stuck in uncertainty as the violence in Manipur continues.