Drug seizure: CSOs pile heat on Govt
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, January 29 2013: Exerting pressures on the Government to make known the identity of the owners of the huge consignment of drugs seized from Imphal Tulihal Airport on January 11, members of 12 civil society organizations (CSOs) today staged sit in protest demonstration at Keishampat Lairembi complex here today.

The protest demonstration was organized jointly by Coalition Against Drug and Alcohol (CADA), All Manipur Women's Social Reformation & Development Samaj (Nupi Samaj), United People's Front (UPF), National Identity Protection Committee (NIPCO), All Manipur Tammi-Chingmi Apunba Nupi Lup (Tammi-Chingmi), Manipuri Chanura Leishem Marup (Macha Leima), Manipur Peace & Integrity Council (Mapi Council), Apunba Nupi Lup Bishnupur District (ANUL), All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU), Ereibak Enat Chanura Loinasillon (EECHAL), Thoubal District United Women's Development Organisation (TDUWDO) and United People's Administrative Council (UPACO).It may be recalled here that a team of Special Intelligence Unit (SIU) of Imphal West District seized a huge consignment of drugs worth around Rs 1.4 crores from Tulihal Airport, Imphal on January 11.However, a day after the seizure, the Officer-in-charge of the Unit was transferred and four days after the seizure, the unit was abolished by an order issued by the SP of Imphal West district.

The protestors also strongly objected to abolition of SIU and transfer the Officer-in-charge (OC) instead of appreciating his courage and dutifulness.

Talking to media on the sidelines of the protest demonstration, President of CADA Arambam Rabindra recalled that earlier representation jointly submitted to the Chief Minister, the Home Minister and the Director General of Police urging them to stay the transfer order of SIU OC Ranjit and to revive the SIU.

Giving a one week's time, the CSOs had also demanded that the Government should hand over the case of the drugs seizure to an independent body for probe and establish the identity of the owners of the drugs and warned of intense democratic agitation in case of failure meeting the demands within the said deadline.

Rabindra informed that since the Government has failed to meet the demands, the 12 CSOs decided to stage the protest.

He also made it clear that such democratic agitation would continue until the demands are met.

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