UG groups luring youth : AR
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 14 2013: Moreh police commandos and Assam Rifles in a joint operation carried out on Jan 13 busted a recruitment racket of armed groups operating across the IndoMyanmar border, said a statement issued by the PRO of IGAR (S) .

On specific information received from Moreh police commandos, troops of 9 Assam Rifles launched a swift operation and apprehended two individuals named Laishram Koirengsana Meitei alias Thambaljao Meitei (21) s/o L Ingocha of Sugnu Village, Tangjeng Khunjao under Sugnu PS in Chandel district and Heikham Akshay Singh (20) s/o H Surchand Singh of Lamding Bazar, Thoubal district.

They were handed over to Moreh police station, the statement said.

On interrogation, the apprehendees revealed that the two boys were lured into a trap by a lady named Bambem of Wangjing and taken to Tamu (Myanmar) for playing football escorted by a couple resident of Wangjing.

The boys were subsequently recruited in UPPK group.

They stayed in a house with eight other boys for two months being employed as house labour and managed to escape on night of January 12, it stated.

"This incident reveals the abhorrent strategy of the insurgent groups to lure and recruit child soldiers of Manipur," the PRO statement asserted.

The youths are being employed involuntarily for commercial and menial jobs without any stipend as per the revelation.

The youth are made to stay in unhygienic living conditions without insufficient food and shelter .

This disclosure by the two apprehendees corroborates the continuous inputs being received over the last couple of months, said an AR statement, the PRO statement asserted.

The police is further enquiring into the matter to identify the culprits to curb this trend and bring normalcy in Manipur, it added.

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