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Manipur Violence:  An Indian-origin professor at the University of Birmingham has been booked by the Imphal Police for allegedly inciting the ethnic tensions between Kukis and Meiteis through his social media messages and talk sessions, a report stated on Sunday. Uday S Reddy, a former teaching assistant at BITS Pilani, has been alleged to have links with Khalisatan elements, the report stated based on police sources.

A resident filed the First Information Report with police alleging that Reddy, a Computer Science professor at UK's University of Birmingham, tried to incite the communal tensions between the two violence-marred ethnic groups - Meiteis and Kukis.

"The accused person deliberately with malicious intention insulted the Meitei's religious beliefs and promoted enmity between the Meiteis and other communities on religious grounds," the FIR stated as quoted by NDTV.

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Reddy has been accused of hosting online discussions on Manipur and giving instructions to people in Manipur on how to create problems for Indian security forces, the NDTV report stated.

Meanwhile, the X profile of Uday Reddy displayed that his account had been withheld in India in response to a legal demand. Usually, the withholding is done on an order of a court in the country.

"The unlawful activities of the accused person and his associates amount to anti-national activities that challenge the integrity and sovereignty of India, and is fit to be dealt with under the relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act," the FIR further stated.

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Several audios of X spaces have also gone viral on various social media platforms, where Uday allegedly participated in the discussion on the Manipur issue. One such audio was shared by the TruthManipur handle.

English Jagran could not verify the audio and claims made by the account in this regard.