IMPHAL, April 29 NNN: Communist Party of India (CPI) Manipur state unit Monday lashed out at Manipur Police whose 11 personnel including two officer rank were caught for carrying banned drugs yesterday.
\nDr M Nara, secretary, CPI Manipur state unit while addressing the media at Irawat Bhavan here, said the faith of the public will lose if the state police continue to involve in such drug trafficking cases.
\nThe CPI leader alleged that repeated involvement of security personnel in drug smuggling cases clearly indicates the state Government\u2019s administrative mechanism has completely failed.
\nHe demanded that the identities of the 11 Manipur police personnel are uncovered both by the Government and the police department to make them public.
\nA team of Thoubal police commandos held the 11 police personnel while carrying illicit drugs containing pseudoephedrine hydrochloride composition at Pallel in Chandel district, Manipur on April 28. They were reportedly transporting the drugs in two Maruti Gypsy vehicles. Dr Nara further talked on the issue of appointment of next Chief Secretary of Manipur, urging the Government to appoint the post on the basis of seniority as usual and warned of a possible communal feeling that might create out of the matter among different ethnic groups in the state.
\nDr Nara also appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against parliamentary secretary (YAS) M Prithiviraj who contested in the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly elections 2012 on Congress ticket from 27 Moirang AC by submitting an erroneous affidavit to the Moirang Returning Officer claiming that he passed MBA from Mysore University in 2003-04.\u201cPrithiviraj can be sentenced to six-month jail term under People\u2019s Representative Act, 1951 of Article 125 (A) of the Constitution for his act of fraudulent,\u201d Dr Nara pointed out.
\nThe Manipur People\u2019s Party (MPP) today heavily came down against Manipur Police Department accusing it of involving in crimes that have not seen or heard in other states of the country.
\nIn spite of being a law enforcing agency, Manipur Police personnel are now involved in a range of crimes such as rape, abduction for ransom, illegal sale of weapons and searching of illegal arm dealers, MPP advisor O Joy accused. He was addressing the media at the party\u2019s office here.
\nHe said it is really praiseworthy that the a team of Thoubal District Police commandos held 11 state police personnel including two officer ranks for carrying illicit drugs in two Gypsies at Pallel in Chandel district of Manipur yesterday.
\n\u201cThis incident has spoiled the sanctity of dutiful police personnel. We have also evidenced that we must not live in a police raj state like ours,\u201d Joy said.
\nHe said everyone is well aware of the fact that top police brass own properties that are not commensurate with their income. \u201cThe police have turned out to be the treacherous machinery of the state Government.\u201d
\nSeveral persons had been held in different drug trafficking related cases in the state but the people have not seen a single person awarding punishment till date, he said.
\nHe further alleged that there are employees in the Government Departments who cannot move a single office file if they do not take such psychotropic drugs every day and that even some ministers also do the same.<\/p>\n\n