Manipur News

CCPUR, January 28: The Indian Reserve Battalion on duty at the United Bank of India, UBI CCpur branch today caught a conman who cheated people who come to draw their money at the ATM booths, taking advantage of those who are not proficient in using ATM cards.

An IRB on duty at the ATM said Sangmualian Guite, son of (L) Lalzui of Vengnuam, New Lamka was caught today with three ATM card of UBI, SBI and ICICI bank.

Several varieties of illegal drug capsules including Spasmo Proxyvon, Nitro and a capsule of ‘W’ locally known as ‘horse medicine’ were also seized from the man.

The guards have been on a high alert ever since there were reports that a man had cheated people who had come to draw money from their accounts at the ATM booth yesterday.

Meanwhile, a woman had also complained to the guards that a man after assisting her in drawing out the money using her ATM had told her that there was no money in her account, which led to the arrest of the man.

A Hero Honda vehicle key, a Samsung mobile and Rs 720 from his wallet were also recovered from him, said a source.

Locals who had gathered after the man was arrested by the guards said that Sangmualian Guite first tried to divert attention of the police by saying that he is in the army, however, following much coaxing from the police, he said he is a VDF personnel, which when confirmed with the concerned authorities turned out to be false.

Later, the culprit was handed over to the police.

It is also learnt that Sangmualian Guite had been working in cohort with the previous keeper at the ATM booth identified as only Mamang, and that they had recently fraudulently withdrawn about Rs 14000 from the ATM.

Meanwhile, replying to a query from this IFP correspondent, the manager of the UBI CCpur branch Abhinandan Jha said although it is not the duty of the bank to monitor such cheatings, the bank has been taken utmost care that such incidents don’t occur and have even displayed caution on the wall of the ATM booths as well as in their bank.

He said the bank had also organised workshops.

He said recently one of the bank’s ATM booth keeper was recently dismissed because of his insincerity, before adding that the bank will be organising two awareness programs on the issue at the earliest.

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CHANDEL, JAN 18: The Chandel District Naga-Kuki Joint Commiitee (CDNKJC), in a memorandum urges to withdraw the proposal for setting up of Timber Park under Special Economic Zones for multi products in Aimol, Maring and Kuki Molnoi area Pallel in Chandel district.

Briefing media, convener of CDNKJC Ws Kanral said, “Considering the adverse impact of the Timber Park, which the Govt. had proposed to set up in the village of Aimol, Maring and Kuki Molnoi area and Pallel in Chandel district, the CDNKJC, on behalf of the affected villages, had submitted a memorandum to protest the setting up of the park”.

He informed that copies of the memorandum submitted was jointly signed by co-convener of the CDNKJC Chungthang Zou and Secretary of CDNKJC Sr Joningam and have been given to the Minister of Revenue, Commerce and Industries, Chairman HAC, MLA of 41 and 42 A/C Chandel, DC Chandel and Thoubal for kind information and necessary action.

Elaborating on the memorandum, the convener stated that the Chief Minister have been apprised of the fact that setting up of the park will affect the surrounding villages and its inhabitants by displacement of their agricultural lands particularly in village number 49, 50, 51 and 52.

He further stated that the memorandum pointed out 18 recognized villages in Molnoi area, 11 recognized villages in Aimol area, 28 recognized villages in Maring areas and about 200 numbers of both Meiteis and Tribals houses to be affected by the proposed park.

The convener of CDNKJC Ws Kanral also informed that a meeting of the Ex-Officio members, Social workers, intellectuals and sympathizers of CDNKJC will be held on February 5 at Khukarthil village community hall near SBI Khangshang at 10:00 am to deliberate on certain agendas.

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IMPHAL, January 28: The United People’s Front (UPF), Manipur has expressed concerned over the ever increasing crimes against women.

Even if there are constitutional safeguards to stem crime against women in India and certain acts are in place to punish rapists under Indian law, it is unconceivable to stop rapes and crimes against women in Manipur under the existing laws, a press release from UPF said.

The front also mentioned the double standards in dealing with such crimes in metros as culprits are given harsh sentences if it is perpetrated against those hailing from mainland India while perpetrators are left off the hook if they commit the same crime against women from Manipur.

It also asked whether such incidents happened because investigating agencies were lackadaisical or were bribed thus resulting in half-hearted reports and letting the perpetrators go scot-free.

The press release comparing the spurt in crime against women with a river in spate mentioned the increasing number of cases where women are raped and murdered; molested and other domestic violence cases. It also urged the government to not only punish the culprits befittingly but put such mechanisms in place where victims of such crime against women can live peacefully without any social stigma.

“The heinous acts of rapists are not only akin to smearing coal on the faces of the gullible women of the state but have diminished the trust between the opposite sexes in the state. Many agitations in the past to curb crime against women have not been able to achieve the goal” L.Satyam, Secy, Publicity and Information of UPF said in the press release.

The press release further mentioned the infamous gang rape of the U-Morok vendor and the TG Higher Secondary School rape case where a huge public outrage resulted in the conviction of the culprits. But instead of these convictions causing a deterrent, crime against women continue unabated.

“The rape of a girl in front of her boyfriend in the foothills of a hillock in Mantripukhi has caused immense pain to the people, more so to the womenfolk, in the state. The public should determine the severe punishment that need to be meted to the three culprits, i.e Kh. Bungbung, Kh. Khamba, N. Bocha and also discuss measures to prevent rape in the future. We also need to discuss the steps the government should take to help the victims and it’s about time that the women commission should be empowered to make it even more effective” the release added.

The press release also mentioned the death of Keisham Ongbi Thoibi alias Thoi of Kontha Ahallup in Imphal East, an 18-year-old housewife, who was apparently murdered by her husband, Purnachandra (25), demanding the government to initiate a probe to find the cause of her death.

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