Protest rally, sit-in held against auto rickshaw driver's murder
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 29 2013:
Decrying the gruesome murder of autorickshaw driver Ayekpam Naveen (55) of Tera Loukrakpam Leikai by some unidentified persons at Tangjeng Hangenkonjin under Thoubal Police Station yesterday, the locals of Tera under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed against the killing today conducted a mass rally and sit-in-protest at Tera Bazar here.
Hundreds of protestors including autorickshaw drivers were heading towards the Chief Minister's bungalow, when the police stopped them at Sagolband Salam Leikai.
Later, some leaders of the JAC were allowed to go and submit a memorandum to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh.
Giving August 31 as the deadline for arresting the culprits, the JAC has also demanded the Government to give strictest punishment to the culprits as per the law of the land, take up safety measures for auto/van drivers, provide adequate ex-gratia and a government job to the victim's family.
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Talking to media persons on the sidelines of the protest demonstration, a woman taking part in the sit-in-protest said that Naveen was a simple and hardworking person who supported his family by servicing an auto-rickshaw between RIMS Gate and Khwairamband Bazar.
His gruesome murder should be condemned by all.
The authorities should find out the culprits and give them the strictest punishment, she demanded.
Naveen was found brutally murdered by unknown miscreants by slitting his throat at Kiyam Tangjeng Hangen Konjin Irakwa in Thoubal district yesterday.
He left behind his wife, two daughters and two sons.
Hearing the news of the killing, angry local residents of Tera Loukrakpam Leikai blocked the National Highway 37 (Imphal Jiribam road) at Tera bazaar yesterday.
The body of Naveen is still lying unclaimed at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) mortuary.
Meanwhile, Thoubal Police have announced that the body would be disposed off if no one comes to claim it by 1 pm of August 31 .