Necessary steps taken up along Imp-Jiri line

IMPHAL, Dec 4 : All necessary preparations have been made to escort empty oil tankers, LPG bullet tankers and FCI trucks, numbering about 300 to Jiribam tomorrow at 8.30 am. The security escort team which will accompany the empty oil tankers, LPG bullet tankers and empty FCI vehicles till Jiribam will then escort back the […]

IMPHAL, Dec 4 : All necessary preparations have been made to escort empty oil tankers, LPG bullet tankers and FCI trucks, numbering about 300 to Jiribam tomorrow at 8.30 am. The security escort team which will accompany the empty oil tankers, LPG bullet tankers and empty FCI vehicles till Jiribam will then escort back the […]

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CrPC 144 clamped in IW

IMPHAL, May 14: Imphal West District Magistrate Ningthoujam Geoffrey has issued an order clamping curfew in the entire Imphal West district in view of the tense situation prevailing in the State due to different agitations being launched by the Joint C…

IMPHAL, May 14: Imphal West District Magistrate Ningthoujam Geoffrey has issued an order clamping curfew in the entire Imphal West district in view of the tense situation prevailing in the State due to different agitations being launched by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS).

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Govt to lift CrPC Sec 144 in Ukhrul on trial run

IMPHAL, September 5: A high level committee comprising the Union additional secretary (Home) Rajiv Gauba, Joint secretary (North East in-charge) Sambhu Singh and Special secretary (Internal Security) Prakash Mishra arrived

IMPHAL, September 5: A high level committee comprising the Union additional secretary (Home) Rajiv Gauba, Joint secretary (North East in-charge) Sambhu Singh and Special secretary (Internal Security) Prakash Mishra arrived in the state to take stock of the situation here after the Ukhrul incident and left at around 5.30pm today.

This was stated by deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam at a press conference in his office chamber today evening.

The Central government is ready to help the state government under any circumstance, he said.

CrPC Section 144 which is now being imposed in Ukhrul will be lifted tomorrow from 6am to 6pm as a trial run and if the law and order situation improves it will be removed completely, said Gaikhangam.

Relaxing Section 144 for a day doesn’t mean that the government is scared or acting under pressure from the Centre, it is only being lifted as a mark of good gesture like parents do to placate children when they throw tantrums for some demands, he added.

The representatives met the Chief Minister, Governor and other officials, the deputy CM said, adding that a series of meetings were convened to improve the situation and arranging security for bringing in essential commodities with officials of the paramilitary forces and state forces today.

The Central government representatives have arrived as a result of the meeting between the CM and deputy CM with the Union Home Minister recently during which they informed the Union Home minister about the ground reality in Manipur.

The State government has taken all possible steps to provide all the essential communities like fuel, LPG etc even during the bandh called by UNC which began on September 4, Gaikhangam said.

Continuing that the State forces will be deployed along with the Assam Rifles and the Army for security purposes, he said all the essential goods will be provided during the bandh without any shortages.

He also appealed the public to refrain from calling frequent bandhs which affects the public.

Gaikhangam said the assassination of an ADC member, (L) Ngalangzar Malue, on July 12 was not the first incident as many people have been killed in ambush attacks in the past. More than 200 civilians have been killed, he added.

The government deployed the State security forces to bring peace and control the law and order condition in Ukhrul because the government could not remain a mute spectator when people broke law with impunity, said the deputy CM.

He added that many people appreciated the state government for its bold actions.

The unfortunate incident on August 30 broke out only after the purported peaceful rally turned violent and the protestors started thrashing five Manipur police personnel including an SDPO and snatched their service guns and burn down government vehicles, the deputy Chief Minister said, adding that the police personnel remain calm under the extremely tense situation and refused to be provoked but had to act in self defense.

If police personnel had acted in a cavalier manner, many more lives could have been lost with more several injuries, he said.

He further said that the government is trying to bring an amicable solution but is aware that a big organization is behind the mess in Ukhrul.

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Manipur government must begin political dialogue on the Ukhrul issue, says State BJP president Chaoba

IMPHAL, September 3: The State government has to initiate a political dialogue on the Ukhrul issue to bring back the situation to normal, stated Manipur Pradesh BJP president Thounaojam Chaoba.

IMPHAL, September 3: The State government has to initiate a political dialogue on the Ukhrul issue to bring back the situation to normal, stated Manipur Pradesh BJP president Thounaojam Chaoba.

Speaking to the media in a press meet at the BJP office in Nityaipat Chuthek, Chaoba said that now Manipur is going to face a critical situation after the imposition of an indefinite economic blockade in the entire hill districts of the State.

Such situations are created by the State government, he said, it has a culture of delaying on every issues demanded whether by the hills people or valley people.

The State forces deployed for protecting civilians has killed two people in police firing when protesters conducted a mass protest rally in Ukhrul on August 30, the State BJP president said.

Alleging that the government didn’t try to reach out to the people of Ukhrul district by sending a Minister or MLA after the imposition of 144 CrPC for more than 40 days, he said the Chief Minister or any of the MLAs have not gone to Ukhrul to initiate talks with the people there about the incident.

The situation in Ukhrul is very critical and we appeal to the Union government to intervene and bring an amicable solution, Chaoba said.

He said that BJP appeals to the State government to reach out to the people in Ukhrul to bring a solution to the problem through negotiations. The development of infrastructures or buildings can’t satisfy the people of Ukhrul, he added.

Chaoba said that it was the first time that the Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister were called by the Union Home Minister on such issue in the history of Manipur.

There was a meeting at 9 am today to discuss the present situation in Manipur and about the UNC warning for imposing an indefinite economic blockade and ban on national projects in the State, he informs.

The State BJP president advised the government to leave the thought of ferrying essential commodities by deploying Para-military forces for the people of Manipur.

It is appealed to both the Union and state government to maintain normalcy in Manipur by initiating peace talks with the people of Ukhrul or UNC so that the plight of the people may be decreased, said Chaoba.

Professor Gangumei Kamei, S Ibohal and Meisnam Borot were also present during the press meet.

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Manipur Students in Delhi led by MSAD paid condolence to victims of Ukhrul violence

Delhi 31-Aug-2014: Volunteers of MSAD and others today, 31 August 2014, gathered at the University of Delhi and paid condolence to late Mayopam Ramror (09-01-1979), s/o L.R. Hangyui of Teinem Village,

Delhi 31-Aug-2014: Volunteers of MSAD and others today, 31 August 2014, gathered at the University of Delhi and paid condolence to late Mayopam Ramror (09-01-1979), s/o L.R. Hangyui of Teinem Village, Ukhrul and Ramkashing Vashi (01-03-1988 to 30-08-2014), s/o L. Christopher Vashi of Teinem Village, Ukhrul) who were killed in police firing to suppress a public demonstration held in Ukhrul. In addition to candle lighting and two minutes silence in the name of those who were being killed, MSAD raised various slogans such as; Stop State Terrorism, Condemn Undemocratic and Inhuman Governance, Manipur Govt. Stop Killing Innocent Civilians and, Militarization is not the Democratic Solution. MSAD reiterated its appeal that militarization could not be a solution to any political question. MSAD condemned the Government for its failure to peaceful handling of the tense situation in Ukhrul.

 

Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls

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Ukhrul Outrage

The clashes that occurred in Ukhrul yesterday during a United Naga Council rally pushing for an early resolution of the Indo-Naga issue among others, resulting in the loss of two

The clashes that occurred in Ukhrul yesterday during a United Naga Council rally pushing for an early resolution of the Indo-Naga issue among others, resulting in the loss of two young lives and several more injured was tragic and deplorable, but it would not be wrong to say the tension that led to the explosion was building up for quite some time now ever since the assassination of an ADC member, Ngalangzar Malue, at Finch Corner a month and a half ago, and the subsequent imposition of ban order under the CrPC Section 144 in Ukhrul district headquarters. The State government also rushed and stationed additional forces of India Reserve Battalion and police commandos there, much to the resentment of the residents. It must also be said, often it is not just the presence of government forces that ordinary people are averse to per se, but the likelihood of violent clashes with forces hostile to the State that their presence is likely to bring, and in which crossfire the ordinary residents may find themselves caught. This is the reality of any insurgency situation, and a drama played out in so many different conflict theatres in the State perennially. That the UNC rallies were held at all Naga majority districts but all except the one at Ukhrul turned violent is testimony of this residual tension. There were of course some reports from the Senapati district where signs of some minor skirmishes between the UNC rallyists and Sadar Hills district demand activists also showed up, pointing to the multi-pronged conflict time-bomb that Manipur rests on currently. Although nothing can compensate for loss of lives, it is at least a consolation that the Manipur government has promptly declared ex-gratia payments to the families of the two young men killed. The money is nothing, but at least the initiative is a welcome sign that the government is forthright enough to show remorse at its strong arm measures.

Tragic as the case may be, it is even more disturbing to think this is unlikely to be the end of similar violent clashes between the State and different sections of the people, and worse still, quite imaginably between different communities too. So far the latter variety of clashes have not happened ever since the 1990s, when ethnic riots swept both the hills and the valley of the State, first a brief clash between the Meitei and Meitei Pangal, in what has been described as a historical aberration, and then a more sustained one between the Nagas and Kukis, which caused much more deaths, injuries and displacements. There were other occasions when clashes of the ethnic hue had seemed almost imminent, but thankfully each time good senses prevailed, and despite numerous mutual provocations, the saner memories of traditional ties prevailed to save the day. But, those days of tension should be a caution not just for the government but the people themselves. When the ground becomes dry as tinder, a little spark can cause wild fires, and nobody would doubt possibilities such wild fires could have been the nightmarish realities on many of those occasions. And sure enough, such sparks can be lit by sinister and unscrupulous Grim Reaper incarnates and selfish ambulance chasers too. In the Meitei-Pangal clashes for instance, it was seldom, if ever, a case of clashes between neighbours, but of marauding gangs on dark murderous missions, perpetrating most of the killings and arsons. While passions of the day can blind anybody and everybody, there is no gainsaying the wounds of disastrous clashes such passions can lead to would leave scars on all sides that would take generations to heal. We can only be grateful to providence that such a nightmare has not come to pass, and we pray it never ever happens either.

The potential for violence as we have seen in Ukhrul yesterday continues to loom precisely because visions of political future of different communities have not only become divergent from each other as well as those of the State, but they have also become blind to the ground reality which says there can be no other than a multi-ethnic future for the State. The demographic composition of the State says this loudly and clearly, and it can only be depravity of mind which makes anyone not hear or see this. It cannot be by any definition be an easy task for any State to handle a conflicting social situation. But the Manipur government has no choice but to look for a democratic path out of its own social conflict situation. It can begin by being the governance agent it is meant to be in earnest, rather than be on perpetual personal aggrandisement missions, politicking and playing political musical chairs in the scramble for ministerial portfolios with brokerage handles on lucrative government development projects.
It must also however be remembered that it needs two hands to clap. Civil society organisations often act as foils to the militarised State in accentuating these conflict situations, precisely by not seeing beyond their noses and thereby being blind to the social realities of this multi-ethnic State. They too can be as bigoted as the State, and have far too often reduced the practice of democracy to what Karl Popper calls, “Mobocracy”.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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UCM, others condemn killing of two in Ukhrul

IMPHAL, August 31: The United Committee Manipur has strongly condemned the killing of two individuals by security force during the mass protest rally at Ukhrul Town. According to a release

IMPHAL, August 31: The United Committee Manipur has strongly condemned the killing of two individuals by security force during the mass protest rally at Ukhrul Town.

According to a release of the Committee, the two deceased individuals identified as Ayopam Ramror, 39 of Tuinem Village, Ukhrul and VS Ramkashing, 29 were part of the rally organised by UNC resisting the CRPC-144 order, the deployment of the excessive State security forces and to pressurise the government to hasten the Indo-Naga peace talk.

The Committee also shared the sorrows of the aggrieved families.

The committee has stated that instead of setting up CRPC-144 at selected areas, the government must put up Security Outpost for Law and Order under Home Department, General Policy, it said.

The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has vehemently condemned the killing of two innocent civilians and injuring many people at Ukhrul town.

In a press release, the federation questions the State government about the rationale behind the promulgation of section 144 CrPC and still continuing to impose the section when the public has sought to do away with the 144 CrPC.

It said yesterday’s incident has clearly shown the intention of the State government that the Manipur commandos and IRB are deployed in the district not for safeguarding but for militarisation and bring fear psychosis in the minds of the peace loving citizens.

“There is not an iota of reason to open fire randomly and bombard the town when the public is democratically carrying out peaceful procession,” it said.

Further according to the statement, the NSF has also asked the State government to give enough compensation to the demised families and also take care of all the medical needs for the injured persons and further demanded the Central government to set up an independent enquiry body to thoroughly investigate the incident and punish the concerned officer(s) responsible for the mayhem at Ukhrul.

The Autonomous District Council (ADC), Ukhrul has also strongly condemned the armed aggression against the peace initiative rally organised by UNC to remove CrPC 144 in Ukhrul and other districts.

In a separate press release, it said the government of Manipur led by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam who is also in charge of the Home department are responsible for the incident and the State government should immediately remove the 144 CrPC and State forces from Ukhrul.

The Committee on Human Rights (COHR), Manipur has also expressed its strong condemnation on the killing of Ramkashing Vashi and Mayopam Ramroar and injuring many other by the security forces during a peace rally demanding removal of CrPC 144 in Ukhrul.

In a press release the organisation has stated that it was the negligence of the government which led to occurrence of the unfortunate incident and further appealed to the government to take up actions according to the law against the security personnel who were responsible for the incident and end up the clash between civilian and government in a democratic way.

The North East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) has also said in a press release that it strongly condemns the killing of two protesters in Ukhrul, Manipur.

The State government’s attitude towards its minorities is very conspicuous seeing incidents like these, it said before adding that it will always stand against such oppression in any part of the world.

Continuing further on the August 30 incident at Ukrul, it said all the protesters were unarmed and were participating in a peaceful protest when Manipur police commandos and jawans of the India Reserve Battalion fired on the protesters indiscriminately.

“If such incidents re-occur NEFIS will call a nation-wide protest against the Manipur state’s oppression on people’s movement,” said the statement.

Our Kangpokpi Correspondent adds:

The All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur today made a trip to Ukhrul in connection with the August 30 incident where two persons were allegedly killed and several others injured in police firing.

The Emboi Serto group of the ATMSUM asserted that the incident was immaculately inhuman.

The student body president Emboi Serto said that not a single security personnel, forget about IRB and Commandos, even a single state police force whom the state Government christened ‘Law enforcer” could not be seen anywhere today at Ukhrul before adding that only Army and Para military force were seen.

The ATSUM team visited Ukhrul district hospital and met with the injured persons admitted there and had a meeting with several civil bodies as well continued Emboi.

He said that after thorough evaluation the incident happened to be totally inhuman.

Emboi also said that the union is seriously concerned over the incident and the brutality of the State force towards the people and the tribal in particular.

He added that it is inconceivably hard to live in a place like Manipur where law enforcers turn to law breakers and protectors turn to destructors.

While ATSUM robustly condemned the rough treatment of the security forces it will cling with and endorse any positive and justifiable groups or individual working for justice of the Ukhrul victims, Emboi added.

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Manipur Violence: Two shot dead, scores including several cops injured, vehicles set ablaze in Ukhrul

Mass peace rally turns violent in Ukhrul, end peaceful elsewhere Two shot dead, scores including several cops injured, vehicles set ablaze in Ukhrul By R Lester Makang   UKHRUL, August

Mass peace rally turns violent in Ukhrul, end peaceful elsewhere
Two shot dead, scores including several cops injured, vehicles set ablaze in Ukhrul

By R Lester Makang

 

Protestors burn effigies of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and his deputy Gaikhangam at Ukhrul; People participating in the rally at Senapati and protestors stand nearby two vehicles set ablaze in Ukhrul.

Protestors burn effigies of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and his deputy Gaikhangam at Ukhrul; People participating in the rally at Senapati and protestors stand nearby two vehicles set ablaze in Ukhrul.

UKHRUL, August 30: At least two civilians have been shot dead and scores grievously injured in police firing and subsequent assault on civilians even as irate mob beat up some four five police commando personnel in Ukhrul today.

The mob had also set ablaze two government vehicles after the United Naga Council (UNC)-sponsored public mass rally turned violent here on Saturday.

The two deceased have been identified as Ramkashing Vashi, 26, son of Christopher Vashi of Teinem village and Mayopam Ramror, 32 of Teinem village.

Both were said to be recently married and survived by their pregnant wives respectively. The bodies have been deposited at the Ukhrul District Hospital for post mortem.

Meanwhile, another critically wounded Ngachonmi Muivah of Somdal has been taken to Imphal for treatment while all the other injured are being treated at the district hospital.

However, the exact number of the injured could not be immediately ascertained, though expected to be around 16 including the critically wounded.

Eye witnesses said that as the public numbering over thousands turned out at Awon Tang junction and tried to proceed towards the Tangkhul Naga Long Ground around 1:35 pm to join a mass gathering where a joint memorandum of Naga Hohos and Naga frontal organisations of the respective districts was slated to be read out before being submitted to the Prime Minster of India at 2 pm, State security forces fired tear gas shells, mock bombs resulting in heavy casualties among the public.

Soon after, similar violent situation erupted at Alungtang and Wino Bazaar where police commandos fired live bullet allegedly from suspected AK 47 rifles upon the rallyists at point blank range killing the duo instantaneously in front of Ukhrul Higher Secondary School at Wino Bazaar even as explosions of mock bombs and tear gas shells continued, sources added.

In the ensuing mob action, eye witnesses said, some four five police commandos were beaten up by the irate mob resulting in grievous injury of one police personnel.

The public went ahead and set ablaze two vehicles including a Police commando gypsy in front of TNL Ground at Wino Bazaar.

The public also rained stones at security vehicles passing through the TNL Office breaking windows of some vehicles even as commandos kept blank firing. Thereafter the public put up boulders and logs across the road in dual direction in front of TNL office to block passage of security force vehicles.

At the same time, the public held a gathering at TNL Ground where effigies of the Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Dy CM Gaikhangam were burned amidst strong condemnation and curse.

Thereafter around 4 pm police commandos went on rampage on the main road of the township and damaged some private vehicles, eye witnesses have said.

Subsequently, the State forces resorted to physical attack on civilians crossing the District Mini Secretariat at Hamleikhong and whisked away 9 persons in their custody inside the office complex where the civilians were brutally assaulted resulting in critical injuries.

Later, with intervention of district administration, it was decided that State forces be retreated to ease the mounting tension for the time being and Assam Rifles personnel be deployed in the town instead and subsequently, the youth were released and rushed to the district hospital, sources added.

However, around 5:30 pm two persons who happened to be friends of the two deceased were returning home after visiting the hospital were reportedly severely beaten up by police commandos who were staying near Ukhrul Town Hall. However, they have been rescued by AR personnel and rushed them to Army hospital at Somsai immediately.

The public mass rally was held in all the Naga hill district of the State to demonstrate the sentiments of the Nagas in the backdrop of the continued imposition of CrPc 144 along with deployment of State security forces while also to pressurize the Government of India to expedite the process for Alternative Arrangement pending Indo-Naga solution.

The rally was staged at six different localities of the town which was attended by thousands of peoples from all localities of the town and villages from nearby villages.

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“Ukhrul suffering under 144 CrPC”

IMPHAL, August 22: The imposition of CrPC 144 for 40 days in Ukhrul has created a fear psychosis in Ukhrul and the public wants its removal at the earliest. This

IMPHAL, August 22: The imposition of CrPC 144 for 40 days in Ukhrul has created a fear psychosis in Ukhrul and the public wants its removal at the earliest.

This was stated by members of various civil organisations while interacting with media today at the Ukhrul District head quarter.

Representatives of Tangkhul Shanaolong, Tangkhul Naga long and village chief association were present during the interaction.

A media team along with members of United NGOs Mission Manipur went to assess the situation at Ukhrul today.

SC Ringleiwo president of Tangkhul Shanaolong said that after the unfortunate incident of the killing of an ADC member of Ukhrul, the State government has imposed 144 CrPC in Ukhrul area with deployment of State forces like IRB and commandoes.

He continued that the deployment of police has affected the civilians.

She further said that the main impact has been on students. The students have loss the rhythm of studies and classes. We want immediate normalcy in Ukhrul, and why is this imposition till today, whereas the killing took place 22 km away from Ukhrul on July 12, she asked.

A village chief maintained that imposition of 144 CrPC has given mental torture to public. He asked why there is need for additional forces in Ukhrul, which has AR, MR and State police already.

LM Abe of Tangkhul Nagalong said if the situation in Ukhrul continues, chaos could erupt, and at that time the government will not be able to control the situation.

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