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IMPHAL, April 6: The indefinite Manipur bandh called by the Dr Ningombam Satyabama Joint Action Committee evoked a near total effect in Imphal, with normal life being paralyzed due to the strike.
Satyabama, a Junior Research Fellow of DBT Project in Pathology at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, was found dead in a trench drain in Bashikhong Wangkhei Laoumanbi yesterday afternoon. The 31-year-old doctor was the daughter of N Tomba, a resident of Kakwa Laishram Leikai Salungba Leirak.
According to the preliminary post mortem report on the death of Satyabama that was conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), she was strangled and killed. DGP Y Joykumar, Thongju constituency MLA Th Bishorjit and other police officials also visited JNIMS in connection with the post mortem examination.
Since early morning today, a large number of bandh supporters, mostly from her locality, including the JAC blocked the National Highway-2 (Imphal-Moreh road) at Kakwa bazaar. They put timbers and burnt tyres on the road to stop traffic. The strike was affective in many parts of the capital Imphal and other districts too. Vehicles were off the road and Government establishments were shut due to the general strike in Imphal.
Although the JAC has exempted educational institutions from the purview of the bandh, no students were seen going for class. Business establishments were also paralyzed due to the strike.Hundreds of women from several women organizations and members of the Satyabama JAC took out a rally amidst the bandh. It started from her native place Kakwa in the afternoon. However, the police prevented them from further movement at Singjamei Chingamakhong.
Later on, they organized a public meeting wherein, leaders of women social organizations condemned Manipur Government in the strongest terms for its alleged slackness over frequent crimes against women in the state.
They chanted slogans like “Ibobi Government Kills Women” and “Punish Women Killers.” The JAC later called on with Home Minister Gaikhangam and DGP Joykumar at Imphal in the afternoon wherein the DGP assured that the culprits would be arrested within three days. He also said a special police team has been entrusted with the task of arresting the culprits.
However, the JAC vowed that it would continue with the ongoing indefinite strike and that it was ready to meet with Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on the issue after he returns from New Delhi.
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