What TV doesn't, print can't; we deliver.
What TV doesn't, print can't; we deliver.
There is something profoundly revealing about an armed movement documenting itself.
For years, insurgent organisations depended on secrecy. Today, the smartphone has changed the equation. Fighters can become influencers, camps can become content and footage intended for an audience of sympathisers can leave behind a remarkably detailed digital trail.
That trail now warrants serious scrutiny in Manipur.
Kerry Thurr Hk, whose Facebook profile has more than 23,000 followers and P U PU Hunter with more than 21,000 followers, have published a substantial body of material that, if the accounts and videos are authentic, appears to document their association with the Kuki Extremist Group United Tribal Volunteers (UTV).
According to local sources, the UTV was formed in late 2023 under the support and sponsorship of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), a prominent Civil Society advocating for a common so-called “Kuki-Zo” identity. The UTV has been commanded by armed terrorists like German Hemlal, the president of the Kuki National Front-Military Council (KNF-MC). The Indian Express reported that UTV members had been deployed as volunteers guarding territory and that a dispute involving UTV personnel had led to road blockades and negotiations involving the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) in Match, 2024. Reporting in late 2023, the Scroll had described the ITLF as an influential “Kuki-Zo” civil-society organisation with a dedicated “United Tribal Volunteers” department operating along frontline areas.
Both of their social media profiles show the two men wearing military equipment, travelling and training alongside armed cadres, participating in camp activities and appearing with assault rifles and other military-grade weapons. Their posts also identify fellow personnel, including an individual named Goulon Kuki. Kerry had posted a group image with several of UTV cadres on 10th April with all of them in full military gear.
PU Hunter had uploaded photos of himself in full military gear at Telsing Bazaar under ChuraChandpur District of Manipur on 16th July.
Kerry had uploaded videos him travelling along with at least 8-10 cadres of UTV on 23rd May and 1st June. All the cadres were in military gear carrying assault rifles.
Link to 23rd May Video :
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BsCYk6aTU/
According to the supplied posts, Kerry and PU Hunter have presented themselves as having travelled into Myanmar’s Chin State during February and March 2026 and as having participated in military activity there. Some of the material reportedly shows injuries that they attribute to operations and statements anticipating retaliation.
Link to Concerned Video :
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CCBDVx6iG/
Those claims require forensic verification. A Facebook caption is not proof of a battlefield location, just as a photograph in military clothing does not by itself establish combat participation. But neither should such material simply be dismissed.
Myanmar’s post-2021 conflict has already created a complex ecosystem of ethnic armed organisations and resistance forces operating near India’s frontier. Analysts have documented relationships between Kuki armed organisations and Myanmar-based resistance formations, while the India–Myanmar border has increasingly become a security concern.
The August 23 footage appears to take that connection a step further, showing heavily armed UTV cadres marching alongside personnel identified as members of the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF). Another video reportedly captures an armed engagement, although available evidence does not establish whether it occurred in India or Myanmar.
The religious dimension also warrants scrutiny. A video uploaded by Kerry on 6th September, depicts armed men emerging from churches carrying weapons while invoking Christian solidarity. Armed extremists can be seen legitimising violence or mobilising cadres in many of the uploaded videos.
The correct response is neither to dismiss the material nor to accept every caption as fact. Indian law-enforcement and intelligence agencies should authenticate the original files, establish dates and geolocations, identify weapons and personnel, examine metadata where available, and determine whether the individuals shown crossed into Myanmar or participated in hostilities.
If the evidence withstands forensic scrutiny, the implications could be considerable.
The digital trail is already there. The real question is whether the authorities will follow it to its logical conclusion.
