Manipur News

IMPHAL, Oct 18: Oil tankers bringing in oil from various supply points in Assam will begin to be escorted back to the state from October 20 onwards, according to an official source.

This precaution is in view of the 48-hour bandh in the state`™s hill districts scheduled to begin midnight tonight, called by the JAC formed against the killing of a KNF cadre and a civilian by the 8 Assam Rifles at Kadangband on January 28 last.

According to spokespersons of various transporters associations, the escorting duty for inbound tankers from Dimapur will be the responsibility of the CRPF based Dimapur. They will meet CRPF personnel escorting empty tankers from Imphal at Khuzama in Nagaland and at Mao Gate, and each will escort the inbound and outbound transport vehicles while returning to their respective bases in Dimapur and Imphal, they said.

Even otherwise, official source said there is no cause for worry for oil shortage on account of the 48-hour bandh as all government depots are well stocked.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/oil-tankers-to-be-escorted-during-knf-hill-bandh/

KANGPOKPI, October 18: The proposed 48 hr total bandh in hill district of the state by the Joint Action Committee against the killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen begin this midnight.

The JAC had contemplated on the 48 hr total bandh to show discontentment and dissatisfaction over the delay in furnishing the magisterial probe report pertaining to the Kadangband killings by the Government within the stipulated three months time even.

The Trans Asian Highway No.1, the main lifeline of the state is likely to be affected massively as projected in every bandh and blockade since it has become the main targeted highway by every bandh and blockade supporters in the state.

According to reliable source of the JAC all Government institutions, business establishments, and vehicular movement in hill districts will be completely bring to a halt during the total bandh while educational institutions will be exempted from the purview of the bandh apart from medical, water, power, religious ceremonial and media.

Speaking to media person this evening at Kangpokpi, JAC Convener Thangminlen Haokip said that we are extremely discontent over the delay in tabling the report pertaining to the magisterial probe in the alleged encounter between KNF and personnel of 8 AR on January 28, 2015 at Kadangband.

He continued that the state Government sincerely assured to tabled the magisterial probe report within three months after it

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/48-hours-bandh-by-kuki-jac-on-kadangband-killings-begins/

IMPHAL, October 18: The Manipur government has once again affected a reshuffle of transfer and postings of Inspectors of Police (male/civil) contravening an earlier order of the Manipur Police Department setting norms for these transfers and postings.

It may be recalled that on January 22 this year, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Department had notified an official order titled `New Transfer & Posting Policy of Non-Gazetted Civil Police/MR/IRB Personnel Implemented in Manipur Police Department`.

The notice had said: `Based on an order issued by the Home Department, Government of Manipur, spelling out the new transfer and posting policy, the Manipur Police Department has recently implemented the new policy on `transfer and posting`™ of police personnel of all non-gazetted personnel of civil police, Manipur Rifles battalions and India Reserve Battalions of Manipur Police Department`

This policy in brief said that there will be periodical rotational transfer of all non-gazetted police personnel from valley to hill and vice-versa in accordance with fixed posting tenure.

This means, the notice had explained, that each tenure of posting in the valley area is of 4(four) years while in respect of the hill areas it is of 2(two) years.

It had also further said all directly recruited personnel of different ranks are to be posted after completion of training to any of the hill districts and Jiribam for a minimum period of 2 (two) years. Thereafter, they are to be posted again to one of the hill districts for another 2 (two) years.

The order had further said the same rotational transfer/posting policy of 29two) years in the hills and 4(four) years in the valley is also applicable to all ministerial, medical and non-combatant staff as far as practicable.

However, not long after this order, the Director General of Police, Shahid Ahmad, issued an order on April 7, 2015, (No. E/37/20/2007-PHQ

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/police-department-breaks-its-own-newly-introduced-rule-to-reshuffle-postings-of-personnel/

CCpur, Oct 18: Meanwhile the Kuki Students` Organisation Churachandpur in a press release declared it will support the 48-hrs bandh called by JAC Against the Khodangband killing as per instruction from KSO GHQ. During the said bandh all vehiculer movement, business establishments and government institutions will be wholly shutdown.

However, educational institutions, medical, water supply, power supply, media, religious ceremonies and vehicles ferrying students will be relax from the purview of the bandh, the release said. KSO Churachandpur appeal to the general public of Churachandpur to co-operate, support the bandh and lend a helping hand to the volunteers if need arise.

It may be mention that the JAC agaist the Khodangband killing was formed against the killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen on the 28th January 2015 at Khadangband in a fake encounter by 8AR personnel after way laying them.

The govt. had constituted a magisterial enquiry vide order No. 20/1(13)/2013-H(LC)p dated 31 January 2015 over the `fake encounter` in which one innocent civilian and one officer of KNF was killed.

The govt. had promised to furnished the report within three months from the date of enquiry, which is now long overdue as eight months have passed and the report is still not completed.

To show discontentment and dissatisfaction over the delay, the JAC had called 48hrs bandh all over in the hill districts of Manipur from midnight of October 18, the release further said.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/kuki-students-organisation-ccpur-to-support-bandh/