Monday, March 24, 2008

Curfew reimposed in Imphal

Imphal, Mar 24 : Manipur Government has re-imposed curfew in greater Imphal area as well as parts of Thoubal and Bishnupur districts in view of the volatile law and order situation in the State in the wake of the killing of 15 non-locals by some unidentified armed persons since March 17 last.

Curfew was relaxed till 9 pm on Friday in view of the beginning of five-day Yaoshang, the greatest festival of the Manipuris beginning from Friday. But it was re-imposed from 6 pm to 5 am daily. The district magistrates have issued necessary orders in this regard on Friday.
The district administration took the step in view of the recovery of two bodies of tribal ladies on Saturday morning. Reports said the two tribal women P S Snowby (27) and Langu Ester (27) of Charong Ching both under Chakpikarong subdivision in Manipur’s Chandel district were shot dead by unidentified gunmen suspected to be militants at Thoubal wangba Taba Oinam leirak in Thoubal district last night at around 10 pm. The reason behind the killings is yet to be established.

Meanwhile, nearly 2,000 non-locals mostly manual labourers have been given shelter at various relief camps in the four valley districts.

According to L Kailun, SP, Imphal West, more than 415 non-locals are taking shelter at the relief camp opened at the Bengali High School, Babupara while another 150 are taking shelter at Dharamsala in Thangal Bazar.

When contacted, Jayenta, SP Bishenpur district, said that the relief centres opened at various places in the district since the last two days have been shifted to the higher secondary school near the district police headquarter for better security.

Till late this evening altogether 346 non-local labourers had arrived at the camp and around 150 of them were staying at the camp opened at NHPC, Loktak project located at Kom Keirak.

In Thoubal district also, non-locals are taking shelter at three places at Chaoyaima Higher Secondary School, IRB camp at Wangbal and another one at Kakching.

According to a report received here, a total of 136 non-locals have gathered at the Chaoyaima Higher Secondary School, 132 are taking shelter at the IRB camp and 338 are reportedly taking shelter at the relief camp opened at Kakching.

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