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Imphal, Aug 1 : Based on specific intelligence, troops of 40 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) established on MVCP in general Area Waithou, Dist- Thoubal and apprehended three UPRF cadres travelling in one Hyundai Santro Car (Regd No. MN 04A- 5361) on 31 Jul 2013. The apprehendees were identified as Md Abdur Rehman aged 21 years, S/o Md Abdul Khalique, resident of Sangai Yumpham Puleipokpi, Md Sher Khan, aged 22 Years S/o Md Abdul, resident of Sangai Yumpham Puleipokpi and Md Abash Khan aged 24 years S/o Ayub Khan, resident of Moreh. One 9mm Pistol with magazine, one live round of 9mm, five .303 Rifle ammunition, two Extortion notes (UPRF), cash amount Rs 70,000/-(Indian currency) and two mobile phones with SIM card were also recovered from the apperendees. The apprehendees alongwith recovered items were handed over to Lilong Police Station.
Meanwhile, a RPF/PLA insurgent was arrested by Imphal West police commandos from Changangei Uchekon under Imphal West district yesterday.
The Revolutionary People’s Front/People’s Liberation Army militant is identified as Chabungbam Surjit alias Dayananda alias Tangba, 36, son of late Ch Manglem, a resident of Kwakeithel Mayai Koibi in the district, according to a release from the district Superintendent of Police.
He was nabbed by the commando team on July 31 last at 5:10 pm during a search at Changangei Uchekon. One 9 mm pistol with two magazines loaded with 15 rounds and one mobile handsets were seized at his instance from the residence of Heigrujam Jugindro Singh, 50, at Changangei Uchekon.

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IMPHAL, August 1 NNN: All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) and Coalition Against Drug and Alcohol (CADA) have called for strict punishment to rapists after a spate of rapes in Manipur in the past two months.
It is really shock to learn that number of rapes has increased in the state with most of the rape victims coming out to be students and physically challenged girls, AMSU general secretary L Thouba told newspersons at the union office here Thursday.
Thouba expressed unhappiness levelling allegations against the state police for not taking prompt action to arrest and punish the rapists.
Three rapes were reported in July this year and one in June last in the state. Among them, two were disabled girls including one minor and a 22-year-old woman, and another two minors.
The student leader also demanded that the police arrest the rape accused immediately and punish them so that the rape victims get justice.
A 13-year-old physically challenged girl from Ward No 2 of Bishnupur district was allegedly raped by a 34-year-old man neighbour named Oinam Sundar on July 10 midnight.
On June 19, a 17-year-old girl student from Thoubal district’s Yairipok Changamtabi was reportedly raped by one Taj Khan.
Also on July 26, a 22-year-old disabled woman from Thangmeiband Polem Leikai was allegedly raped by one Brahmacharimayum Samananda, a 36-year-old man from Samaram Mayai
Leikai under Khongjom in Thoubal district. Another 9-year-old girl from Nungoi Litan Makhong in Imphal East district was reportedly raped by one L Atomba, 18, also from the girl’s village.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/amsu-against-crime-against-women/

Imphal Aug 1 UNA : Manipur government too not serious even though arable lands in the state were fast diminishing, alleged speakers at a one-day convention on protection of agricultural land of the state held here on Thursday.
Besides utilizing agricultural land by private individuals for the construction of a large number of oil pumps, private schools, brick fields, government too encroaching paddy fields for the construction of its offices and others purposes, they alleged in the convention.
Paddy fields were fast diminishing in the state while the government was struggling to formulate land use policy to save the agricultural land.
Vast paddy fields in the state have been acquired by government agencies as well as private individuals for construction of office buildings, schools and residential houses. This phenomenon would pose a serious problem in the agricultural sector of the state.
Reiterating that arable land was diminishing day by day, they warned that if the trend is continuing unchecked, the state would entirely depend on the import food products.
According to the Economic Survey of Manipur there were 1,66,015 hectares of arable land, it is diminishing at the rate of 200 paris every year.
Asserting that farming is practiced only in certain areas of the valley and if the trend continues, after 10/20 years, there would be no arable land left, many of the speakers opined. The speakers also appealed to all to join the campaign for preserving arable land.
In the convention which was organized by the Irabot Foundation as a part of its ongoing campaign for greening Manipur since 2007.
President of the foundation, Th Iboyaima recalled that the foundation has started its “Campaign for Greening Manipur” from 2007 with the objective of growing vegetation in the paddy fields which were left unused after seasonal rice cropping.
Observing that arable lands of the state have been sinking day by day, Iboyaima said that the encroachment of arable land for profitable business by some greedy individuals and private companies is a big threat to the food production of the state.
Veteran social worker RK Ranendrajit observed the reason behind decreasing agricultural lands of the state as difference between the cost of farming and the price of the crop they produced. It may be mention here that Manipur government has already announced framing of a land use policy of the state four year back. In one of the sitting of the Manipur Assembly in 2009, chief minister O Ibobi singh has informed the house that government was considering for a land use policy to save agricultural land.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/meet-stresses-on-the-need-of-land-use-policy/