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Imphal, Aug 21: The body of Sarif Ahmed of Lilong was brought to Manipur today and his body was brought to JNIMS morgue.
In connection with the death of the student a JAC has been formed in connection with the killing of him. A meeting was also held at Lilong Bazar.
The resolutions of the meeting included among other things to offer a job equivalent to MPS or MCS to the family, to donate a library in the cotton college where he studied and to provide Rs 10 lakhs to the relatives of the victim.
The body will not be received till the demands are met.
However the JAC has decided to take the body of Sarif after Chief Minister O Obobi ensured the former to meet its demands,” the JAC convenor Zakir Hussain.
It was informed that the CBI has already begun probe into the death of Sarif, Hussain said.
He also said the Government side assured the JAC to take up necessary steps within five days to pay a special ex-gratia and a government job to the next of kin and build a library in memory of the late student at a proper place in Assam.
The incident had happened near the Jalpaiguri railway station in the northern part of the state of West Bengal close to Assam when two people from Northeast were killed and nine others were injured after being thrown out of the moving train.
The exodus of Northeast students and other workers including professionals from the South Indian cities in the last four or five days is not the outcome of the Assam violence but it is a long time racial profiling of the people of the region, the Joint Students’ Coordination Committee (JSCC) in Manipur said Tuesday.
The Joint Students’ Co-ordination Committee consists of Pangal Students’ Organisation, Kuki Students’ Organisation, Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong, Zeliangrong Students’ Union Manipur.These students’ body under the aegis of JSCC addressed a joint press conference at the headquarters of All Manipur Students’ Union here at DM College campus where the leaders of various student organisations from the hill were also attended.
Thokchom Suresh, member JSCC said Northeast students and other people fleeing Bangalore, Pune and Hydrabad are not secured on their way because no security measures have been taken up for them though two special trains are being arranged to transport them home. He alleged the Northeast people residing in these cities are not provided with adequate security even though some particular areas are secured and appealed the Government to take up proper steps instead of politicize the whole gamut of sensitive issue. Another JSCC member, Moirangthem Angamba said the Government is still unable to take up stringent action over the Pune incident wherein a Manipuri student was severely beaten up and that it has remained silent on the follow up incidents occuring in the Southern states.
It is really unfortunate the state Government has not the guts to talk to the West Bengal Government in connection with the killing of Sarif Ahmad, Angamba said. He said it would be a right move of the state Government if it sends a ministerial team to West Bengal to find out the facts and circumstances on the killing of Sarif instead of dispatching police officials there for monitoring the situation.
Postponing it by calling all the incidents as rumours will lead to nothing, he suggested saying the state government should provide security to all the Manipuris on their way from Guwahati to the state.
Leaders of Pangal Students’ Organisation, Kuki Students’ Organisation, Tangkhul Katamnao SaKlong, Zeliangrong Students’ Union of Manipur and JSCC, an umbrella body of six student organisations participated at the press conference also strongly condemned the killing of Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur secretary by armed men.
The north east inter state winger transporter union in a press released urged the concerned authority to punish those persons who were responsible for the killing of Md. Sarif Ahmed. The union also urged the authority to provide adequate ROP to drivers of truck so that essential commodities can be brought to Manipur during the band, blockade on NH.
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