ड्रग्स के व्यापार ने मणिपुर की राजनीति को तो प्रभावित किया ही है, मौजूदा जातीय हिंसा को बढ़ाने में भी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई है।

प्रेजेंटेशन में लंबे समय तक चली इस हिंसा में मैतेई और कुकी-ज़ो दोनों समुदायों के सशस्त्र समूहों की भूमिका की ओर भी इशारा किया गया है

महीनों से चल रहे इस जातीय संघर्ष में सोशल मीडिया पर अपने-अपने समुदायों का पक्ष रखने और "दूसरे" को नीचा दिखाने की होड़ लगी है।

Fuelling Manipur's conflict is a complex interplay of political ambition, armed groups, cross-border migration, ethnic divisions, narcotics, tainted armed forces, cynical statecraft and a devious game to give it all a communal colour. In this, the youth have become the fodder. Fed on hate, mobilised to defend themselves as the State fails to end violence. Our two-part investigative series delves into the layers, exposing a web of power, armed factions, and the battle for control.

Who had access to internet during the Manipur conflict when the state shut it off for ordinary citizens? And what did they use it for? A war on social media. Concerted campaigns. Hackers on hire. And angry citizens. We report on the battle of information, disinformation and hate from Manipur. We teamed up with tech experts to analyse hundreds of thousands of social media messages to understand the conflict running online.

Narcotics played a significant role first in the political landscape and later in fuelling the conflict in Manipur. The concluding part of the series investigates how the drug trade and politics over it have roiled Manipur

In the first candid assessment from a Union government’s paramilitary force to have come out on the longest running ethnic conflict also points to the role of armed groups of the two communities, Meitei and Kuki-Zo in fuelling the conflict