Manipur clashes: FIR filed against members of Editors Guild
Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said the FIR was filed as some reports attempted to create more clashes in the state
The Manipur government under Chief Minister N Biren Singh has filed an FIR against four members of the Editors Guild of India over a report about the ethnic clashes in the state, media networks have reported.
According to Singh, the FIR was filed as there were attempts to create more clashes in the state.
The government has also shared instances of what it claimed were not facts along with an error in a photo caption, which the Guild has accepted.
As per a media report, the EGI has also got a complaint from the Army saying some instances hint that the Manipur media could be "arousing passion".