IMPHAL, Jan 2 NNN : The indefinite Tamenglong district bandh call given by the Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur (ZSUM) since midnight of January 1 will be suspended from 1 am of Thursday as the union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Manipur on Wednesday.
Representatives of ZSUM met with Chief Minister O Ibobi on Wednesday in the presence of Kikhonbou Newmai, MLA, Tamei constituency at the Chief Minister’s Bungalow here this afternoon. During the meeting, the union signed an MoU with the state Government wherein the latter agreed to fulfill four demands of the former, Kadijanbou Pamei, state secretary, ZSUM told a news conference held at the Manipur Press Club.
The Government of Manipur will institute a magisterial inquiry headed by the concerned Deputy Commissioner into the alleged killing of one Gongsingam Dangmei and submit the report within one month, he said. Based on the magisterial inquiry report, the necessary action will be initiated against the persons involved in the killing as per law, he added.
He said as per the report, necessary compensation will be provided to the deceased’s family according to the existing rule of the Government. The representatives of the ZSUM also agreed to take back the dead body and withdraw the bandh imposed in Tamenglong district from 1 am Thursday, he informed.
The body of Dangmei is still lying at the mortuary of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and it will be conducted post mortem tomorrow, January 3, he added.
ZSUM enforced the strike since Tuesday midnight decrying the alleged killing of Dangmei by troops of 10 Assam Rifles during a reported encounter that took place at Shangji Village under Khoupum Police Station, Tamenglong district on December 30.
A large section of Imphal-Jiribam road falls under Tamenglong district and that traffic along the highway was disrupted by the strike till the filing of this report.
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