Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 09 2009:
Manipur, the erstwhile 'Jewel of India', 'Paradise on Earth' has been pulled down to hell under Chief Minister Okram Ibobi, asserted the JAC Against the Killing of Ch Sanjit.
A press release issued by the JAC while observing that law and order and socio-economic condition of the state has fallen to the nadir under Chief Minister O Ibobi, demanded resignation of Ibobi in public interest and on moral ground.
The JAC observed that the highly volatile law and order situation being witnessed in the state is due to the unbridled power given to security personnel by the Chief Minister/Home Minister in the name of tackling insurgency.
Acting as a puppet of the Government of India, the Chief Minister has been instrumental in killing many innocent people in fake encounters.
The killing of Sanjit has testified that the Chief Minister's repeated appeal to UG cadres to join mainstream was only a trap, the JAC noted.
As Home Minister, Chief Minister O Ibobi should know under whose command the commandos opened fire indiscriminately and at busy Khwairamband Market on July 23 .
Asserting that suspension of SI Punshiba and his team would not suffice, the JAC asked what the DGP, Addl DGP, IGP, DIG, SP, Addl SP, SDPO, OC and the OC of City Control doing when Sanjit was killed in a fake encounter in cold blood.
Quoting eye-witnesses, the JAC asserted that the Addl SP who is also in charge of commandos even said "Haven't you (commandos) kill him yet?".
The indiscriminate firing and the fake encounter was a conspiracy of the Chief Minister and the Addl SP aimed at re-imposing AFSPA in Imphal Municipal Area, it alleged.