Sakmai appeals for safeguard
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 07, 2013:
While informing that Tangkhulet Chongsai, a Self Styled Chief of K Lhangnom village and his men have warned the villagers of Sakmai Leikhampokpi under Senapati district to leave the village on or before 4th August, Sakmai Leikhampokpi Village Authority has appealed to the higher authorities concerned to safeguard the village and look into the matter so as to avoid unwanted incident in the area.
In a statement, Chairman of Sakmai Leikhampokpi Village Authority Ch Majatlungbou said that on 31st July, 2013 at around 12.30 pm, Thangkhulet Chongloi and around 20 people armed with weapons entered Sakmai village and destroyed house foundations and threatened all the villages irrespective of women and child to leave the village on or before 4th August.
Since time immemorial the two neighbouring villages have co-existed on friendly term and there has been no such unwanted incident in the village till date.