{"id":188524,"date":"2025-11-21T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=188524"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:05:41","slug":"kuki-rights-group-police-tampered-evidence-in-manipur-tapes-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/11\/21\/kuki-rights-group-police-tampered-evidence-in-manipur-tapes-case.html","title":{"rendered":"Kuki rights group: Police tampered evidence in \u2018Manipur Tapes\u2019 case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: The Kuki Organisation for Human Rights (KOHUR) has said that the Manipur Tapes scandal remains unresolved because the Manipur Police forwarded only heavily truncated clips for forensic testing\u2014blocking full verification of the recordings.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the tapes, submitted to the Supreme Court of India in early 2025, allegedly capture conversations of then Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh instigating violence against Christian-majority Kukis, including directives to loot arms and use bombs. More than 260 people\u2014mostly Christians\u2014have died, some 1,500 have been wounded and thousands displaced amid the ethnic violence. Following criticism for his govt\u2019s inability to overcome the crisis, Singh resigned and the state assembly has been suspended since February 13.<\/p>\n

In its latest affidavit, KOHUR said Manipur Police sent only four clipped excerpts\u2014ranging from 30 seconds to 1 minute 47 seconds\u2014for testing, instead of the full 48-minute-46-second recording. By withholding the full recording, experts from the National Forensic Sciences University and the Central Forensic Science Laboratory were unable to conclude authenticity.<\/p>\n

KOHUR cited a private forensic analysis by Truth Labs, which, after evaluating the full audio and voice samples from YouTube and other sources, found a 93 % probability that the voice matched that of Biren Singh. KOHUR argued that government forensic labs offered only \u201cinconclusive\u201d findings because they were limited to the edited audio.<\/p>\n

The organisation is now demanding a court-monitored investigation with a special team to uncover the \u201clarger conspiracy\u201d behind the violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cA criminal case must be set in motion based on the audio recordings and the Truth Labs report, so that the truth may emerge through a fair, independent and comprehensive investigation,\u201d KOHUR concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: The Kuki Organisation for Human Rights (KOHUR) has said that the Manipur Tapes scandal remains unresolved because the Manipur Police forwarded only heavily truncated clips for forensic testing\u2014blocking full verification of the recordings. According to Kashmir Media Service, the tapes, submitted to the Supreme Court of India in early 2025, allegedly capture conversations …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t