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IMPHAL, May 31: The Manipur High Court has today passed orders restraining the State government from doing any kind of activities upon Kabo Leikai area from where the residents were evicted some days back, according to the JAC formed against the eviction.

A contempt of Court proceedings being case (Civil) No. 68 of2013 has also been proceeded against S Sunderlal, Commissioner/Secretary (Revenue), Govt. of Manipur and RK Dinesh, the DC Collector, Land Acquisition Imphal East for the eviction of residents of the Kabo leikai during the existence of a status-quo order of the Manipur High Court which was to be taken up after two weeks, said a press statement of the JAC formed against the eviction of the kabo leikai residents.

It said, “The land eviction notification dated December 17, 2010 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition of 1894 and subsequent notification for construction of Five Star hotel was challenged before the Manipur High Court being WP (C) No 105 of 2013 and after hearing both the parties on February 19, 2013 the Court was pleased to pass an order so as to maintain status-quo on the land in question.

“However on May 20, 2013 the Manipur State Government willfully disobeyed the court order and dismantled all the buildings of the villagers and committed mischief upon their belongings without giving the opportunity of being heard”, it said.

The statement continued that as aggrieved by the action and inaction of the State Government the petitioners approached before the Manipur High Court and filed a misc. application being case no MC (WP(C)) No 117 of 2013 with a prayer inter-alia-to restrain the respondents from doing any kinds of activities/ excavation/ construction work in the land/premises of the applicants.

The case was put up  today and after hearing both the parties, the Court was pleased to pass the orders thereby restraining the State respondent from doing any kind of activities upon the land in question.

The case was conducted by PB Sahu Advocate on behalf of the petitioners whereas the Advocate General appeared on behalf of the State Government, it said.

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IMPHAL, May 31: Following the arrest of one of the accused May 9 alleged kidnapping and murder of a tata truck driver coming from Dimapur towards Imphal from Sekmai and recovery of the truck, police have today recovered several items which were missing from the truck from the rented room of one of the accused in the case who is still absconding.

The items were recovered from a rented room at Hatta Golapati Tanky Makhong.

It may be mentioned that the driver was found dead on May 9 after he was allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons from a rice hotel at Sekmai along with his loaded Tata truck.

The truck was recovered two days ago but the goods were found missing, said the police source.

The missing goods was recovered only today at around 3:30 pm by a team of Sekmai police from a rented room belonging to Md Nazir, 40, son of (L) Abdul Hak of Hatta Golapati Tanky Makhong which he rented out to one of the accused indentified as Md Sanayai who is still absconding.

According to the police, after getting a tip-off, a team of combined police led by SDPO Lamphel Kashar, officer-in-charge of Sekmai police station Inspector Premjit and a team of Imphal West police commandos rushed to the area and raided the rented room of Md Sanayai and recovered the missing goods.

Police said that the missing goods were brought to that rented room on the intervening night of May 9 and 10 at around 2 am by accused Md Sanayai along with three others.

Md Sanayai had taken the room on rent from the owner Md Nazir some three four days back, police said.

It may be mentioned here that the hijacked Tata truck’s driver identified as Md Kumud Ali (22), son of Md Mojd Ali of Dikhujali village in Assam was kidnapped along with the goods laden truck from MM hotel at Sekmai Bazar while he was having lunch by unidentified person who came in a black colored car.

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