Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 28 2009:
The government's refusal to institute judicial inquiry into the Khwairamband Bazar shooting incident clearly indicates that the woman was killed by the security forces.
This was stated by a vendor L Tamphasana during a sit-in protest held today against the shooting incident staged by the Sagolband Tera Keithel Nupi Lup.
She said, the incident has sent shockwave across all people that one can fall a victim of indiscriminate firing at crowded places.
So the guilty personnel should be punished.
At the same time, a sit in protest was also staged today at Kwakeithel by vendors of Kwakeithel and various other women's organisations along Tedim Road against the indiscriminate firing incident at Khwairamband Bazar on July 23 .
Placards reading -'Conduct Judicial Inquiry,' 'punish the guilty commando personnel,' 'repeal AFSPA, 1958,' 'stop fake encounter killings,' etc were displayed at the sit in protest.
Meanwhile, the relay hunger strike launched by the Sharmila Kanba Lup at PDA Complex, Porompat has denounced the Khwai Bazar shooting incident on its 231th days today.
The Convenor of SAKAL, AK Janaki said that the unfortunate incident was caused by the police commandos who imitate the Central forces.
She said the incident which happened in a place where the AFSPA is lifted should be promptly inquired by the government.
She also strongly condemned the statement of the CM who said on the floor of the Assembly that there is no mean but to kill the UGs.
She also flayed the manner in which the MLAs simply listened to the statement.