IMPHAL, Jan 2 NNN : No more film shootings. No more all sorts of entertainment including concerts and no more showing Manipuri movies in cinema halls in the valley districts of Manipur unless NSCN-IM cadre Livingstone is booked and given befitting punishment by the government.
Livingstone is allegedly involved in molesting Manipuri film actress Momoko at Chandel during a concert on December 18.
The NSCN-IM had refuted to this allegation earlier.
On Wednesday, the Film Forum Manipur (FFM) and many other organisations held a day long sit-in protest at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen in Imphal and passed many resolutions.
One of the resolutions is to reach out to all the MLAs and MPs of Manipur and get their pledges that sexual abuse should be made to end in Manipur.
One resolution was to spread the ongoing agitation to the hill districts in co-operation with the area people concerned.
The FFM, Manipur State Shumang Leela Council and All Manipur Matam Eshei Kanglup along with civil society organisations have pledged to continue their agitation until the NSCN-IM cadre is given a befitting punishment.
Meanwhile the year 2012 recorded as much as 59 rape cases at the same time as 46 molestation cases were registered as on November 30 of the same year, according to statistics provided by Superintendent of Police, CID (Crime Branch), Manipur.
Forty-five militants belonging to different outfits were eliminated during the period from January 1-December 4 of the just ended year. In all, 1441 militants were arrested while 918 weapons were seized from different underground organisations. The number of bandh and blockades during this period was 76 as the number of bomb blasts was recorded at 130.
Murder cases in the year 2012 recorded 77 and this figure is slightly down as compared to the period from 2007-2011 at the same time as attempted to murder cases shot up to 390, indicates the official data.
Kidnapping cases were outshined the records maintained during the period from 2007-2011, while 42 riot cases were registered in these preceding years. The preceding year alone accounted for 41 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives against women and this figure exceeds the records registered in the period from 2007-2011.
As for motor accidents, the information further says a total of 702 road mishaps were recorded in 2012 and this record is relatively high as compared to the previous five years.
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