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Imphal, June 19 : With no further reports of attacks on non-Manipuris, migrants workers in the state have started leaving the two relief camps since yesterday to resume work. An official source today said only 20 of them were left at the Kalibari relief camp and as many at the dharamshala one in Imphal city. “The migrants reported to police stations at their work sites. This is for their safety,” the official said. Prabhu Prasad, a cobbler from Bihar, was the last migrant to be attacked. On Monday night, an unidentified person hit him on the forehead at Lamphel in Imphal West district. Prasad said the man had hit him on the face with a stone while he was returning from work to his rented house in Lamphel, on the outskirts of Imphal town, around 7pm. The relief camps were opened after the attack on six migrants at the Central Agricultural University at Eroisemba in Imphal West on June 11 night. Two gunmen had called out six labourers, all from West Bengal, from their hut on the universi...

Guwahati, June 17 : With at least 20 migrant workers killed in a series of violent attacks in and around Imphal during the past three months, migrant labourers from Bihar and West Bengal are living in fear in Manipur and some of them have started fleeing the strife-torn state. While three migrant workers were gunned down near the Central Agricultural University on the outskirts of Imphal last Thursday, two Bihari labourers were killed on June 2 — one each in Thoubal and Imphal (East) district. Those killed last week were construction workers engaged by a contractor, while those killed earlier this month included a barber and a hawker. A cobbler, hailing from Bihar, who was attacked at Lamphel in Imphal by an unidentified person on Tuesday evening, has been admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical Science in the state capital. On May 12, nine Hindi-speaking migrant workers were killed inside the Keibul Lamjao National Park in Bishnupur district, about 50 km from Imphal. Twelve migr...

Imphal, June 16 : Another non-Manipuri was attacked in Imphal West district last night, as migrant labourers continued to flee the state fearing more violence. Police said an unidentified person hit Prabhu Prasad, a cobbler from Bihar, on his forehead in Lamphel. He was treated at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences. Prasad said the man hit him on the face with a stone while he was returning from work to his rented house in Lamphel, on the outskirts of Imphal town, around 7pm. “He attacked me suddenly and ran away without saying anything.” After the incident, the police brought four migrants staying in Lamphel, including the injured, to the Kalibari relief camp opened by the government for migrants here around 11pm. The other camp is at the local dharamshala. The camps were opened after the attack on six migrants at the Central Agricultural University at Eroisemba in Imphal West on June 11 night. Two gunmen had called out six labourers, all from West Bengal, from their hut on th...

Police land at Lamphel found allotted to private individuals: Imphal, Apr 22: Authorities of the Manipur government have quietly allotted land and quarters under the possession of the state police department in front of Lamphel police station to private individuals. The police department has brought up the matter to the knowledge of the state home department requesting it to take up steps to reclaim the said allotted lands in consultation with the revenue department on April 11, an official source said. The lands which were found allotted include the present Rajya Sainik Board complex under village no. 91(A) Lamphel having an area of 150 ft x 62 ft. An area of 0.0852 hectares under CS Dag no. 7014/7189 under Patta no. E old and 408 under new patta which was allotted to the managing director, Manipur Hills and Backward Development Cooperative Bank Limited, Imphal under government orders N. 21/94/99-R dated 16/5/2001 was again found transferred to the private individual M Ranjit Singh. T...

HC orders police probe into Umathel excesses: Imphal, Dec 17: Imphal Bench of Guwahati High Court on Monday directed the state Director General of Police to enquire into the facts and circumstances leading to the injuries inflicted upon the civilians of Umathel and its adjoining areas in the aftermath of encounter between cadres of proscribed PREPAK and a column of Assam Rifles on September 30 this year. It may be mentioned, as many as 52 men suffered injuries when they were beaten up by the Assam Rifles personnel in the aftermath of the September 30 encounter and many of them were forced to leave their homes for fear of further excesses by the security forces. The enquiry to find out the facts and circumstance is to be made by a nominee not below the rank of an inspector general of police and 21st Assam Rifles should cooperate with the inquiry, the directive of the division bench of the Gauhati High Court said. The division bench comprised of Justice T Nandakumar Singh and Justice K M...

Bomber already dead, claims nabbed PREPAK cadre: Imphal, Dec 9: A cadre of proscribed PREPAK, who was allegedly involved in the bomb blast at Sarajeevan Videocon House, Paona Bazar, on November 16, was nabbed by the Imphal west police commandos late yesterday, police said on Sunday. The police also came to know from the disclosures made by the arrested cadre that one of the PREPAK cadres killed in a shootout on December 6 at Lamphel RIMS colony was the main culprit in the bombing, SP Imphal West Clay Khongsai said. Source: The Imphal Free Press Full Story: Another Story: Related Story:

‘Rebel’ MLAs return on confident note: Imphal, Dec 8: After camping for about a month at Delhi to lobby with the AICC leadership to remove O Ibobi from the chair of Chief Minister, twelve dissident Congress MLAs returned to Imphal on Saturday riding a wave of confidence. However just to make sure that there are no last minute hiccups, the rebels have decided to continue with their camp at Imphal too. The twelve Congress rebel MLAs who landed at Tulihal airport on an Indigo flight Saturday morning included I Hemochandra, Y Surchandra, M Hemanta, W Brajabidhu, Govindas Konthoujam, M Manindra, K Meghachandra, Bijoy Koijam, T Mangibabu, L Nandakumar, Kh Ratan Kumar and T Manga Vaiphei. The 12 MLAs were received by a team led by Heirok Assembly Constituency MLA M Okendra and others at the airport. The MLAs were whisked away by a canter from the airport to the official quarters of Uripok AC MLA L Nandakumar to continue with their camp at Lamphel. Bijoy Koijam, who is being regarded as the ...

Motor rally denounces crime against women: Imphal, Dec 6: As a part of the forthnight long observation of Violence Against Women, a motor rally was taken out under the aegis of the Women Action for Development (WAD) in Imphal East district on Thursday. Full Story: Commandos gun down UG suspect: Imphal, Dec 6: Imphal West commandos shot dead a suspected underground activist along the road of RIMS Doctors' colony at Lamphel just opposite to RIMS morgue at around 1.45 pm on Thursday. According to a statement issued by SP of Imphal West District Clay Khongsai, acting on a credible information about some suspected PREPAK activists exhorting money from offices located in Lamphel area, commandos of Imphal West District conducted search operation at the said area at around 1.45 pm on Thursday. Full Story: Truck drivers rescued from KLA militants: Imphal, Dec 6: Two truckers who had been detained in the custody of a Kuki militant group since December 2 were rescued safely by a strong team ...