Emergency meeting by State Cabinet on killing of two labourers by KRF
14 May 2015
State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Manipur in its emergency meeting has reviewed the present law & order situation arising out of incidents of Killing of two labourers by KRF on 12/5/2015 and demise of one person due to the injuries inflicted by the supporters of the agitation on 14/5/2015.
The Cabinet has strongly condemned the Incidents of killing of innocent persons and has appealed to the people of all communities not to get provoked.
The Cabinet has also unanimously condemned the burning down of worshiping place like church and appeals not to resort to damage the sacred places like churches, temples and mosques.
The killing of innocent labourers by KRF should not be attributed to entire community as it is done by a militant group.
The State government acted swiftly and raided the KRF camp and arrested 8 persons suspected to be involved in the killing and are remanded to police custody Cabinet also decided to take up issue of violation of ground rules by the groups under SOO agreement with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India
The State cabinet also decided to sanction ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs each to the three persons who have been killed and Rs. 1 lakh to the persons with serious injury and Rs. 20.000/- to persons with minor injury.
Cabinet has further appealed to all the Civil Society Organisations of both the communities to make conscious efforts to defuse the tension and bring about mutual understanding to restore normalcy in the State.
* This PR was sent by CM Secretariat, Imphal
This Press Release was posted on May 15 2015
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