IMPHAL, August 29 MNS/NNN: Locals of Tera staged a sit-in protest at Tera bazaar in Imphal to condemn the killing of autorickshaw driver Ayekpam Naveen.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Naveen killing later organised a mass rally that started from the venue of the protest dharna. It was heading towards the Chief Minister’s bungalow. Hundreds of people including autorickshaw drivers took part in the demonstration.
However, the police stopped the protestors at Sagolband Salam Leikai. Later, some leaders of the agitation submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh in connection with the death.
The JAC has demanded the state Government to arrest the culprits by August 31and punish them.
It has also urged for special measures for the safety of auto and van drivers. It has further demanded adequate ex-gratia to the next of kin and a Government job to the family.
Naveen aged 56, was brutally murdered by unknown miscreants by slitting his throat at Kiyam Tangjeng Hangen Konjin Irakwa in Manipur’s Thoubal district yesterday.
Body of Naveen, a resident of Tera Loukrakpam Leikai in Imphal West, was found at the spot on Wednesday morning. Several deep cut marks could be seen on the throat, chest and belly of the corpse.
Nobin was an autorickshaw driver and his vehicle plied for passenger service from RIMS to Khwairamband bazaar. He left behind his wife, two daughters and two sons.
He had left home around 5:30 pm of August 27 telling his wife he was going for a reserved service, according to his family.
His mobile phone had remained in switch off mode after he told his wife around 9 pm that he would be home.
At around 3 am Wednesday, one of his daughters tried to talk to him over phone when an unidentified man answered from Nobin’s phone that her father was being chased by some unknown persons, the family said.
Angry local residents of Tera Loukrakpam Leikai had blocked the National Highway 37 (Imphal Jiribam road) at Tera bazaar protesting against the killing of driver Nobin yesterday.
His body is still lying unclaimed at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) mortuary.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/protest-against-killing-of-driver/
