SC Asks Why Full Manipur Violence Audio Clips Not Sent for Forensic Test

• The Supreme Court questioned why the entire leaked audio clips, allegedly implicating former Manipur CM N Biren Singh in the 2023 ethnic violence, were not sent for forensic examination.
• The SC expressed disturbance that only "select clippings" were sent to Gujarat’s National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), which had previously stated the clips were "tampered with".
• Petitioners had filed 48 minutes of a 56-minute audio tape, but the court noted that the full available material should have been sent to NFSU.
• The audio clips are central to a plea by the Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust (KOHUR) seeking an independent SIT probe into the violence.
• KOHUR alleged former CM Singh's involvement in inciting and orchestrating violence against the Kuki-dominated areas.

Why It Matters: SC questions incomplete forensic testing of Manipur violence audio, crucial for justice.