Did Meitei insurgent group in Manipur use Elon Musk's Starlink?

On December 13, a joint team of security forces carried out a search operation in Manipur’s Imphal. The surprising seizure has raised concerns over the internet use by insurgents to coordinate attacks during internet blackouts The Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police carried out a joint operation in the hill and valley regions of Churachandpur, Chandel, Imphal East, and Kangokpi. They recovered the Starlink dish and router from Meitei insurgents in Imphal East district’s Khunou, which they called it “internet satellite antenna and internet satellite router.” The Indian Army’s Spear Corps, in a post on X, shared visuals that showed a white, rectangular dish and a router with the Starlink logo on it. In the image, the router displays the acronym “RPF/PLA.” “Acting on specific intelligence, troops of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles formations under Spear Corps carried out joint search operations in the hill and valley regions in the districts of Churachandpur, Chandel, Imphal East and Kangpokpi in Manipur, in close coordination with Manipur Police and other security forces and recovered 29 weapons comprising of snipers, automatic weapons rifles, pistols, country made mortars, single barrel rifles, grenades, ammunition and war like stores,” the Spear Corps said in a post on X. Acting on specific intelligence, troops of #IndianArmy and #AssamRifles formations under #SpearCorps carried out joint search operations in the hill and valley regions in the districts of Churachandpur, Chandel, Imphal East and Kagpokpi in #Manipur, in close coordination with… pic.twitter.com/kxy7ec5YAE — SpearCorps.IndianArmy December 16, 2024 The Revolutionary People’s Front, the political arm of the People’s Liberation Army, is one of the eight Meitei secessionist groups banned by the Union Home Ministry.