Day: April 30, 2013

Imphal, April 30 NNN : After the Manipur Peoples’ Party (MPP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF), Manipur State takes its turn to lash out at the state government of Manipur particularly the state Home minister and the police for the rampant trafficking of the banned drugs in Manipur in recent time.
The NPF, Manipur State has demanded the resignation of state Home minister Gaikhangam.
After the serial seizures of drugs trafficked by people in power and security forces personnel, opposition political parties and the civil society organisations in Manipur to flex their muscles while lashing out at the state government and the security force set up.
Army colonel in Ajay Choudhry, an MLA’s son, police sub-inspectors and others have been put behind bar for smuggling the banned drugs in the past few months in Manipur.
On Tuesday, the NPF, Manipur state unit said, “Since the induction of Gaikhangam as the Home minister of Manipur, the crime rate in the state of Manipur has increased beyond measure. Security forces personnel both the Central and the state are engaging in the trigger-happy activities, raping of women, kidnapping for ransom, smuggling of the banned drugs and extortions and the Manipur Home department is the agent of these evils which will result in the complete ruin of the Manipur society. Now the people need to be aware of the devils in human clone,” Manipur State unit NPF secretary Athuan Abonmai cautions.
“Had the Manipur government particularly the Home department established the real owner of the drugs seized from the Imphal Airport, things could have been improved but inspite of the public’s hue and cry, the Manipur Home department concealed the identity of drug-lord. And now the result is one Indian Army officer Col. Ajay Chowdhry was apprehended in Pallel with a huge quantity of illegal drugs followed by rounding up of a Congress MLA’s son and now the Manipur police commando team was caught by another commando team at Pallel. All those drugs in huge quantity may be worth few crores of rupees but it can destroy lakhs of human lives and ruin the entire society,” said the NPF, Manipur State.
According to Athuan Abonmai, due to inefficient dealing of the Congress government both in the state and in the Centre, Manipur is facing drug mafia war where the Manipur Home department is the main architect.
“Instead of taking action against errant security personel, state Home minister Gaikhangam used to complain against his Home department or security foreces through the media.
The Home minister’s office instead of taking the charge of administration, is now complaining against the department which he should be taking care of,” said the NPF, Manipur State.
“Does the government exist in Manipur State?,” the NPF asks while adding, “If so, by whom and for whom?”
“Now the public have to judge. The Manipur state has been converted to Drug Leibak from Sana Leibak by the Congress party. Instead of addressing the public grievances like kidnapping for ransom, rampant killing, raping of women and murder, extortions, smuggling of drugs, public security etc., the deputy chief minister who is incharge of the Home portfolio is only concentrating sending out his coterie to collect money from the poor people facing the interview in connection with the Manipur police recruitment. This is very unfortunate,” the NPF added.
NPF Manipur state demands the immediate resignation of the state Home minister on moral ground. “If not, the ‘High Command’ of the Congress party should suspend him from his post to save the society before it is too late,” the NPF, Manipur State demanded.
The Kuki Students Organisation, Chandel district (KSO-Chandel) has expressed its dismay over the rampant drug trafficking in Manipur.
“We will like to express our deep resentment over the recent trend of illicit drug trafficking incidents in the state of Manipur in which, politicians and bureaucrats seem to be the major stakeholders whereas the law enforcing agencies become the facilitators who earn a good sum of money in transporting the illicit items,” the KSO-Chandel district said.
It then expressed that the recent arrest of 11 police commando personnel at Pallel by Thoubal police commandos for trafficking drugs, estimated to worth around Rs 3,64,02,000 in international market was laudable. However, the students’ bodies strongly condemned the involvement of law enforcers especially the Moreh unit police commandos in illicit drug trafficking when they should be the ones to arrest, it added.
“Drug trafficking by the law enforcing agencies are on rampant in the state; a couple of months back, the same commandos at the same place have arrested drugs racketeers led by Colonel Ajay Choudhury, PRO, Defence Wing yet, it seems there’s nothing visible done by the authority concern to stop drug trafficking,” the Kuki students’ body said.
The KSO also said it is very unfortunate that, the law enforcers and the state government projected Chandel district especially the Moreh border town to be kind of Sadom & Gomrah (sin cities) Last year, when the state government deployed police commandos in the border town, Moreh denizens openly resisted deploying of police commandos in the town saying “enough forces, including Assam Rifles, Manipur Police and Manipur Rifles are already posted at Moreh, there is no need for police commandos.” However, the state justified on the pretext of enhancing law & order situation of the town, which is ironical to what we have witnessed today, it stated.
The KSO then said it would like to appeal the Union government to immediately intervene in tackling the menace of drugs in the state, if not controlled on time many lives would be at stake where many youths would have also fallen to the prey of drugs.
“As 90% of the illicit drugs imported into the state have been delivered, transacted and utilized in the district, KSO Chandel district pledged to exert its best effort in controlling drug trafficking in the district,” the KSO asserted.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/npf-kso-lambast-state-police/