Today,the N Biren Singh government of Manipur has filed the status report related to the recovery of weapons in the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra that the Manipur government has filed a status report in the apex court regarding the recovery of weapons from various sources.

Further, he informed the bench about another brief affidavit in the case.

Tushar Mehta told the bench that the affidavit states that all the issues being debated here have already been brought to the notice of the committee appointed by the apex court. 

Earlier, on 6th September, Supreme Court asked the Manipur government and law enforcement agencies to file a status report on the recovery of weapons from 'all sources' in the state. The court's direction came after cases of theft of huge quantities of arms and ammunition from police stations came to light.

The apex court had appointed a judge committee headed by Justice (retd) Gita Mittal to oversee the relief and rehabilitation of victims of caste violence in the state.

Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for the petitioners, told the bench that the bodies of two women who were gang-raped and murdered in Manipur in May have not yet been handed over to their families. The apex court-appointed committee has already taken cognizance of it and issued instructions to the officials. The bench fixed the hearing of the case on September 25.

The bench had directed the Union Home Secretary to communicate with Justice (retd) Mittal to finalize the names of experts to help in the functioning of the panel. The panel, headed by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mittal, also includes Justices (retd) Shalini P Joshi and Asha Menon.

Violence broke out in Manipur after an order of the High Court. In this order, the High Court had directed the state government to consider including the Meitei community in the list of Scheduled Tribes. Violence broke out for the first time on May 3, since then more than 160 people have died, while many others have been injured. The violence broke out during the 'Tribal Solidarity March'.