FREINDS reiterates ILP demand
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, March 03 2013 :
Federation of Regional Indigenous Society (FREINDS) has once again demanded the immediate implementation of the Inner Line Permit System (ILPS) in Manipur.
According to the FREINDS, outsiders from mainland India and elsewhere come to Manipur and give lots of trouble to the local people.
The FREINDS said that there has been a rise in criminal activities committed by these outsiders.
Pointing out the February 27 incident where a non-local from Silchar married to a Tangkhul woman tortured the latter, FREINDS said such cases have become rampant.
The Society while strongly condemning the February 27 incident said those problems will be reduced once the ILP is implemented in the state.
and added that drug trafficking cases, incidents of rape and other crimes in the State have become more rampant due to the inflow of outsiders into Manipur in large number.
FREINDS also cited numerous cases including that of the Churachandpur incident where a non-local had raped a 13 years old local girl.
Meanwhile, FREINDS visited the victim of the February 27 incident at the hospital.
The 24-year-old housewife identified as one Soshima Keishing is struggling for her life in a hospital here after her husband along with his family allegedly burnt her.
Her body received 40 percent burns, according to doctors.
The incident happened at Lamlongei Mantripukhri in Imphal West district in Manipur on February 27 evening.
She was taken to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here the same night.
Soshima Keishing, wife of Chandal Kal was allegedly set on fire by her husband along with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
"My hands were tight and mouth covered with a cloth and then they poured kerosene on my whole body and after that they set me on fire," Soshima had told Newmai News Network on Saturday.
Her husband and mother-in-law have been taken into the custody of Heingang Police Station.
However, the sister-in-law is absconding, according to police.
Chandal Kal, a native of Silchar in Assam, is working at Imphal Tulihal Airport.
The couple married 4 years back and now they have a 3-year-old daughter.