Drug seizure Commando team given Rs 50,000
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 09 2013:
MLA of Keishamthong Assembly Constituency Laishom Ibomcha has given a cash incentive of Rs.50,000 to the team of Thoubal Police Commando led by OC Sudhir which had seized huge consignment of pseudoephedrine drugs from six persons including PRO of PIB (Defence Wing) Col Ajay Chowdhry on February 24 last at Pallel.
MLA Ibomcha handed over the cash incentive to the police team in a function held at his residence at Keishamthong here today.
Sub-Inspector L Dhanabir and Havildar A Keshorjit received the incentive from the MLA on behalf of the team.
Speaking on the occassion, MLA Ibomcha disclosed that the issue of drug seizures would be raised as a calling attention motion in the coming Assembly Session.
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The cash incentive has been given to the Commando team for their courage to nab the drug traffickers when other police personnel failed to do their duty, he noted.
MLA Ibomcha further said that the issue of frisking VIPs excluding Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister at airports and even during travel to Moreh would also be raised in the House.
He would also put forward in the House for paying compensation of Rs.5 to 10 lakhs to the next of kin of security personnel and other people killed in day-to-day incidents.
The MLA contended that the whole Police Department is not corrupt.
There are many honest officers who are doing their duties responsibly, as in the case of seizure of drugs from several traffickers including high-profile people, he added.
On receiving the cash incentive, SI Dhanabir thanked the people for their words of appreciation given to Thoubal Police Commando in their venture against drug trafficking.