The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity has urged Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla to formally engage with local youth leaders to ensure cooperative arms recovery and extend the seven-day surrender deadline. They emphasized understanding the circumstances that led to weapon looting and requested no legal action against civilian volunteers defending their communities.
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