Day: September 4, 2013

IMPHAL, Sep 4 MNS/NNN: Security forces rescued two civilians kidnapped for ransom by the banned United People’s Revolutionary Front (UPRF) last night in Thoubal district of Manipur.
A combined team of 40 Assam Rifles and Lilong police busted a hideout of UPRF at Lilong Chabok hill in Manipur’s Thoubal district before the team nabbed two militants of the outfit and rescued the victims yesterday night, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Thoubal district, T Lalboy Haokip.
They arrested were displayed before the media at the Lilong police on Wednesday.
Haokip disclosed that the two persons held by the outfit for a ransom a few days back are residents of Palace Compound here. However, the police official refused to name the victims.
Acting on a tip off, the security team conducted massive search operation in the areas of Lilong Mairen, Kaleikhong and Chabok villages under Thoubal district last night, Haokip said.
He said that at 9:30 pm the URPF militants, Md Anish Khan, 25, a resident of Lilong Heinong Makhong and Md Riyajuddin, 24, hailing from Lilong Kaleikhong were arrested by the security team.
Based on their disclosure the security team busted the outfit’s hideout at Chabok hill and recovered the two civilians, he added.
He added one 9 mm pistol loaded with four rounds and one mobile phone handset were seized from the militants.
However, the names of the two rescued civilians have not been revealed.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/two-rescued-by-police-ar/

Imphal, Sept 4 NNN : Even as the Naga Peoples Front (NPF), Manipur State unit has requested the Registrar General of India (Census) accept the 2001 and 2011 census in respect of Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Sanapati district, Manipur so that the matter is settled once and for all, re-verification of 3 sub-divisions of Senapati district namely Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul census 2011 is underway.
Altogether 19 officials of the Registrar General of India (Census) led by deputy director SK Chakarbarti arrived here on Tuesday.
In a memorandum submitted to Dr. Chandermolly, director of the Registrar General of India, the NPF questions, “How many verifications and re-verifications are needed ?”
According to the NPF, even if re-verifations are done hundreds of time, it appears that the Manipur government will never accept unless its target is achieved. The NPF then said, “It is so ironical to say that the Manipur state government has certain agenda to reduce the population of the said three blocks of Senapati district.”
It alleged that the state government had rejected ‘the physically counted’ census data both 2001 and 2011 and that too after the provisional census data was published which amount to violation of fundamental rights of the concern citizens.
“As the officially verified and accepted figures of the population were rejected by the Manipur government, a joint re-verification of census 2001 and 2011 were carried out by S.K Chakrabarti, DDG and Dr. MC Mehanathan, Director Ministry of Home from May 9-10 in 2011 and found hundred pencent correct,” the NPF pointed out.
“However, the state government has rejected all these genuine data. The state government estimated the population at 40% done randomly. Such discriminatory attitudes of the state government have to be checked. the justifications of high rate population in the hilly tribal areas of those three blocks were clearly made by the concern SDOs and the deputy commissioner,” the NPF stated.
“The Manipur state govenment is determined to reduce forcibly the citizen’s population of the tribal dominanted Sub-Divisions namely Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul. It is another form of genocide penetrated to the minority tribal by Manipur government. Tribals in the said blocks are living death in this planet and both the government of India and Manipur government treated them as persona non-grata”, the NPF fumes.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/npf-wants-census-of-three-sub-divisions-accepted/

IMPHAL, Sept 4 MNS/NNN: The Zeliangrong Students’ Union Khoupum Area (ZSUKA) and Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) Nungba Zone said they were saddened by the incident which occurred on the night of 31st August, 2013 at Namkaolong part-II, Khoupum valley, Nungba Sub-division, Tamenglong District. Any excessive, inhuman and violence act perpetrated upon any civilian by security forces or underground activists is strongly condemned by every peace loving and reasonable persons it was added.
The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) has clarified today that Nailung Kamei (45), s/o Gaidinlung Kamei of Chingmei village, Tamenglong district was shot at his left leg which got slightly injured as a warning for practicing witchcraft or black magic on the night of August 31.
“We taught the notorious wizard who practices black magic or witchcraft Nailin Kamei (45) s/o Gaidinglung Kamei of Khoupum Chingmei Kabui village (Pungsanmai) under Khoupum police station with a warning shot on his left leg slightly with minor bruises not to repeat such evil designs in near future. The ZUF armed wing, Zeliangrong Tigers Force (ZTF) cadres apprehended the absconding criminal on August 31 who had done much harm to the society and counseled him to mend ways lest ultimate penalty will be initiated,” ZUF information secretary A Dangmei stated.
According to the ZUF, on the request of Pungsanmai (Chingmei Kabui) and neighboring villages the ZTF tried to control Nailin Kamei’s criminal activities against humanity for four times issuing summons which the latter contemptuously failed to appear for justice. The ZUF then arrested him somewhere while trying to escape and warned him not to continue evil doings, it added.
“Nailin had caused the death of Thangsakhonpou Kamei s/o Kameijei of Pungsanmai (Chingmei Kabui) and others while two victims are awaiting the worst as stung by the heinous crime of black magic implanted by Nailin himself. The victims are Dipokgai S/o Ramputa, Poujanglung S/o Kadisipou Kamei both from Chingmei Kabui (Pungsanmai) village,” the ZUF alleged.
Revolutionary parties including the ‘Naga national organizations’ such as the NNC, NSCN and others did not tolerate witchcraft and severe punishments or heavy penalties were awarded in the past whoever had practiced the black-magic, stated the ZUF.
The ZUF then appeals whoever practicing the black-magic to abandon such evil activities and said the outfit will not tolerate such practices in the Zeliangrong region.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/zuf-on-firing-on-kamei/

IMPHAL, Sept 4 NNN: The United Naga Council (UNC) has announced to lift its ban on national projects in ‘Naga areas’ of Manipur from 5 am of September 4.
According to the Naga body, the government of India had requested the former in this regard during the talks on August 30 in New Delhi.
“The 6th tripartite talk of the Government of India, Government of Manipur and the Nagas in Manipur under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) on the demand for an Alternative Arrangement outside the Government of Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga was held at Delhi on the 30th August, 2013. After an intense dialogue, a general agreement to take the process forward to political level within two months’ time was arrived in the talk. The Government of India also requested the UNC for lifting of ban on central project such as the Trans-Asian Railway line and Power Grid line in view of the firm and sincere intention of the GoI to end the stalemate on the demand of the UNC,” the UNC press communique said today.
According to the UNC, it held meeting today and discussed the above request of the government of India and resolved that the ban on the construction work on the Trans-Asian Railway line and Power Grid line would be lifted temporarily.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/unc-lifts-ban-on-projects/

IMPHAL, Sep 4 NNN : The Kanglei Yaon Kanna Lup- Military Defence Force (KYKL-MDF) general secretary L Achouba today spelled out that the militant outfit has discontinued demanding money from the public to raise its fund since it signed the Suspension of Operation (SoO) with both the Central and Manipur Governments.
Addressing a press conference at the Press Club here, Achouba appealed to the people to immediately inform KYKL-MDF finance secretary Deepak if the outfit’s name is found using by any individual or group in extortion activities.
Achouba further explained the outfit has not issued any diktat or threat to the state journalists and media houses and vowed that the outfit will not violate the SoO ground rules.
The top militant leader also said tripartite talks involving the outfit, Manipur and Central Governments are underway smoothly and expressed hope that a final and peaceful political settlement for the organisation will be brought soon.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/mdf-not-involved-in-threat-to-scribes/