Imphal: Manipur police have launched a crackdown on shops selling black films for car windows across the state.
Over the past five days, police in Imphal East District have removed tinted films from more than 400 vehicles and seized numerous rolls of black film from accessory shops.
Taking to their official X handle, Manipur police said, “Police has started crackdown against shop owners selling black films from four-wheelers. Tinted films have been removed from more than 400 cars in the last 5 days in Imphal East District. Dozens of black film rolls have been seized from the Accessory shops as well.”
Manipur Police has started crackdown against shop owners selling black films from four-wheelers. Tinted films have been removed from more than 400 cars in the last 5 days in Imphal East District. Dozens of black film rolls have been seized from the Accessory shops as well.
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Police have appealed to the vehicle owners to remove the black film from their vehicles voluntarily.
“It is strongly advised to car accessory shop owners to surrender such black film rolls to the nearest police station,” police said.
The police further stated that failure to comply would result in strict legal action as per the Supreme Court’s order under CWP 265 of 2011 and Section 100(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
The police have reiterated that the enforcement drive will continue to enhance road safety and security.
Meanwhile, security forces conducted search operations and area domination exercises in vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts.
During one such operation, a significant cache of weapons and explosives was recovered from a river bank at Hiyanglam Natekhong Thongjin, Kakching District.
The recovered items include two single-barrel guns, a modified sniper rifle with a scope, a country-made pistol (without magazine), five 36 hand grenades, four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) of varying weights (approximately 1 kg, 2 kg, 900g, and 1 kg), 15 live rounds of .303 rifle ammunition.
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Besides, police also seized two live rounds of INSAS rifle ammunition, two live rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition, 27 .303 rifle cartridge casings, ten AK rifle cartridge casings, six 16mm signal cartridges, two empty INSAS magazines, eleven anti-riot items, two Baofeng handsets, a Chinese-made drone remote controller, and other miscellaneous items.
