NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday registered six FIRs and constituted a SIT to probe the incidents of large-scale violence in Manipur last month.

The 10-member SIT will be led by a DIG rank officer, sources said and the cases recommended include a common conspiracy case to investigate if the ethnic violence was pre-planned.The SIT has been mandated to probe if there was a larger conspiracy behind the incidents that led to destruction and loot of properties, arson, snatching of arms besides loss of human lives, officials said.

Six of the over 3,500 cases were referred to CBI after the home ministry issued a notification allowing for a probe by the federal agency on the request of the Manipur government.Meanwhile, 57 arms, 1,588 ammunition and 23 bombs have been recovered from Imphal East, Kakching, Tengnoupal and Bishnupur districts in the last 24 hours.

A total of 953 arms, 13,351 ammunitions and 223 bombs have been recovered till now, officials said.