New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Less than 300 weapons and around 3,500 pieces of ammunition have been surrendered with just a day left before Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla's seven-day amnesty for the voluntary surrender of looted weapons and munitions ends, multiple security officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.
The numbers are extremely low given that at least 6,500 weapons and over 600,000 pieces of ammunition, including mortars and grenades, were looted from armouries across the state by civilians and militant groups in both valley and hill areas within months of ethnic violence breaking out in the state in May 2023.
To be sure, the exact count of looted weapons and shells was submitted to the Supreme Court by the state governmen...