Why full audio clip on Manipur violence was not sent to forensics, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government why the full audio clip allegedly linking former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to the ethnic violence in the state was not sent to the National Forensic Science University laboratory for examination, The Hindu reported.

The court said it was a “little disturbed” by the affidavit filed by the petitioners, the Kuki Organization for Human Rights Trust, on November 20 that stated that only select clips had been sent for forensic examination, PTI reported.

In the recordings believed to be from 2023, a voice purported to be that of Singh is heard taking credit for “how and why the conflict started”, bragging that he had defied Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s order against the use of “bombs” in the conflict and shielding individuals who snatched thousands of weapons from the state police armouries from arrest.