Manipur News

IMPHAL July 6: In a press conference held at the office building of UCM at Lamphel this evening, UCm president, Y. Dilip expressed strong reaction and condemned the purported insinuation of inflicting fear and threat to the communal harmony in the state by the so called Naga Crusaders.

It has been reported that early this morning, taking advantage of the darkness, several leaflets with strong streaks of communal hatred without any credible official appearance issued by the so called Naga crusaders were slipped into small openings of several shops and residents around the vicinity of North AOC in Imphal.

Further, it was said that no one had any clue behind the alleged early morning actions. It may be mention that several Naga civil societies and organizations including armed militant outfits had rejected the so called Naga Crusaders and subjected it as a ploy by some vested interest to derail the ongoing Naga peace talk.

During the press conference president of UCM Y.Dilip termed today’s incident at North AOC as one of the hidden agendas to disintegrate and instigate communal uproar in the state by the central government.

Appealing the public to disdain any untoward activities that can lead to communal clash in the state, he said that the people should be cautious from any such rumours allegedly perpetrated by some vested interest individuals or organizations with the intention to sabotage the very peaceful co-existence among different communities living in the state.

Further, he demanded the state government to institute an investigating team to find out those involved with the so called Naga Crusaders and bring them to book.

He added that the government should put their best effort to refrain such threat from external forces from recurring in the future.

The UCM also submitted an ultimatum to the Chief Minister today pressing the government to take necessary precautionary measures for maintaining peace and normalcy in the state and to inform about the threat to the union minister of home affairs, government of India with immediate effect. The ultimatum further demanded that the state government should intimidate its decisions to the public within July 8 for taking necessary precautionary measures.

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IMPHAL, July 6(Newmai News Network): A jawan of Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) who abandoned his camp and made off with a huge cache of arms and ammunitions have been arrested by the Manipur police early today.

T Chinthianlal Paite, rifle no. 1305764, of Housa village of Bungmual in Churachandpur district of Manipur had abandoned his guard duty at Imphal Central Jail and made off with an AK 47 assault rifle, eleven AK magazines with 220 live rounds and five INSAS assault rifle magazines with 100 live rounds on the intervening night of June 23 and 24.

Acting on a tip-off, Imphal West police commandos conducted a raid at Leimakhong in Imphal West district and managed to arrest the IRB fugitive at around 4:30 am today.

There has not been report of any recovery of arms and ammunitions stolen by the jawan following his arrest as the police are tight lipped and refused to divulge the details of either the weapons still hidden by the arrested jawan or of the possibility of them being sold off to underground outfits.

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IMPHAL July 6: Post the directive from the CJM, Imphal West to the officer in charge of Imphal West Police Station on July 5 urging the latter to take up investigation regarding the Visarev scam and to arrest 12 related agents, the state police have lodged a First Information Report yesterday.

According to the FIR number 395(7)11, the accused persons including Kumar Kom , N Victor,Sagolsem Robindro, M Romesh, K Basanta Meitei,H Tolen, Rk Jiranjit,O Rajesh,T Saratchandra,Laishram Kaoba and Yumnam Nganthoi will be liable to be arrested under section 406/417/420/120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code which includes criminal breach of trust, cheating, conspiracy with common intent. If convicted the accused persons may serve time in jail.

Police sources said that the matter will be investigated thoroughly and all efforts will be made to bring the conspirators of the scam to justice.

It may be mentioned that most of the accused persons are currently in hiding in other states, but one Kesab Kanti Sharma who is also a main leader of the Visarev scam has been arrested by police and undergoing trail at Guwahati presently.

Kesab is also charged in the FIR made by N Premananda and his case may also be heard in the state, the source added.

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IMPHAL July 6: A statement of the NSCN (K) signed by its MIP, Secretary, has clarified that a ceasefire was signed in between NSCN(K) or National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and the GOI and definitely not with the NSCN (Kitovi) or for that reason not even NSCN(Khole) and the ceasefire continues to be there as it was before with the NSCN(K).

It has stated that If Kitovi feels that, chairman S.S.Khaplang is a Burmese than, he must be an Indian. Therefore, a ceasefire between an Indian Kitovi and his own Indian brothers does not arise. There is no question of any ceasefire among them when they share everything in common, it maintained.

Kitovi is a pawn in the hands of some Indian agencies and is doing everything on the directives of those forces who are bent to weakened the sacred Naga national cause and to bring division among the Naga family and for that matter Kitovi has also roped in Khole who was paid Rs.70 lakhs(Seventy lakhs ) at Minyaksu on Oct. 10, 2010 to speak his language, it asserted.

Khole who was among the most regarded Naga leader, had vowed not to step in the Naga soil on the Indian side until Nagas achieve full independence and he did so until as recently as 2009. But, he was slowly poisoned by Kitovi into today’s materialistic world. He was a general even during the undivided NSCN and was the most respected Naga Army general but, today Kitovi has reduced him to a general without an army, it further maintained.

It is unfortunate that Kitovi, who in his long career as an ato-kilonser never had any political wisdom for the Nagas, is today trying to cultivate divisions among the Naga family to please his godfather and his cheap propaganda clearly indicates that, Kitovi is another name for a burden to the Nagas, the statement ended.

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