Manipur DGP marks Diwali with IRB and CRPF at Naranseina

Manipur Director General of Police Mukesh Singh spent Diwali on Sunday with personnel of the 2nd India Reserve Battalion and the Central Reserve Police Force at Naranseina in Bishnupur district, India Today NE and SSBCrack reported.

The visit was meant to mark the festival with jawans who are on duty away from their families. Naranseina, in the valley south of Imphal, houses the 2nd IRB headquarters and a CRPF deployment.

Guard of Honour and a shared meal

Singh was accompanied by the Additional Director General of Police in charge of law and order and armed police, and by the Deputy Inspector General of Police for Armed Police-I. The two accompanying officers were not named in the reports.

On arrival at the battalion, the DGP was given a ceremonial Guard of Honour. A traditional Bada Khana was then organised for the 2nd IRB and CRPF personnel stationed there. Singh and the senior officers personally served food to the jawans and sat down to eat with them.

The reports described the gathering as a chance for the police leadership to thank personnel who remain on duty through the festival period, and to underline camaraderie inside the force.

New gym opened at the battalion

During the same visit, Singh inaugurated a new gymnasium at the unit. The reports said the facility is meant to add to the recreational and fitness options available to jawans at the battalion.

No speech text was published, and the reports did not say how many personnel took part or give a cost or completion date for the gym.

India Reserve Battalions are state armed-police units and often serve alongside central forces such as the CRPF in Manipur. The reports did not say why Naranseina was chosen beyond the fact that it is the 2nd IRB headquarters and that CRPF personnel are also stationed there.

Security forces across Manipur often remain deployed through major festivals. Diwali this year falls as the state also prepares for Ningol Chakkouba later in the week. Sunday's stop at Naranseina was a welfare and morale visit rather than an operational review: the DGP shared a festive meal, acknowledged those serving away from home, and opened a new fitness hall at the 2nd IRB base.

NEInsider has not independently confirmed further details of the programme beyond what the two reports carried.