IMPHAL, Apr 8 NNN: The indefinite Manipur bandh enforced by the Joint Action Committee seeking justice for the killing of Dr Ningombam Satyabama, who was found dead on April 5, has been suspended from Monday evening following the JAC and Manipur Government reaching an agreement. Announcing this to the media, the JAC convenor, Laishram Kiran said though the strike has been suspended, rallies and protest dharnas will continue to organise against the killing of Satyabama, a Junior Research Fellow of DBT Project, Pathology at Regional Institute of Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. Satyabama was found dead in a trench drain in Bashikhong Wangkhei Laoumanbi field in Imphal East district on April 5. A 10-member team comprising members of the JAC and leaders of other NGOs met with Chief Minister O Ibobi at his office here in the late afternoon. The Government side was also represented by DGP Y Joykumar and other top police officials. In the meeting, the state Government side assured the JAC side that there was a possibility that the culprits would be held within 24 hours, he said. On the word of the Government, the JAC decided to suspend the strike, he said. The Government side also told the JAC that the case is being investigated by a police team led by an Additional Superintendent of Police. Meanwhile, on the third day of the indefinite bandh call given by the Satyabam JAC, normal life in the state was paralyzed. Hundreds of bandh supporters burnt tyres to block traffic along National Highway-2 at Singajamei and Kakwa bazaar. However, untoward incident was reported during the course of the strike today. A large number of people, mostly women demonstrated at places like Singjamei Chingamathak, Thongam Leikai, Khetri Leikai, Ningom Thongjao and Nongmeibung in Imphal protesting against the killing of JRF Satyabama. A mammoth public meeting was also organized at the locality of the victim wherein representatives of 37 different social organizations such as All Manipur United Clubs? Organisation (AMUCO), Women Action Development (WAD) and Manipur Women?s Rights Commission (MWRC) attended it. A rally was further taken out by participants of the public meeting, but it was stopped by police in front of Super Market in Singjamei.Later on, Thongju constituency MLA Th Bishwarjit arrived at the scene and negotiated with the leaders of the protesters. Then the MLA and the police selected 10 persons and allowed them to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister.
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