AAMSU, COCPIN visit
Source: The Sangai Express

Jiribam(Imphal East), August 08 2015 : Following a news report in various local dailies in Silchar about non-locals being allegedly tortured in Jiribam during the ongoing pro-ILP stir in the State, a team of All Assam Manipuri Students Union (AAMSU) and Committee On Culture for Peace and Integrity (COCPIN) visited Jiribam today to enquire over the matter, reports Jiri News Network.

The team consisted of COCPIN, Assam chairman S Komlakanta Singha, COCPIN secretary Dr Kh Raju Singh, AAMSU president S Herajit Singha, AAMSU vice-president F Lokenath Singh and media persons of Silchar.

Shortly after their arrival in Jiribam, a meeting was convened at the office of All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU), District Committee, Jiribam along with JCILPS, Jiribam Branch chairman M Hemanta, JCILPS convenor Y Sanjit, JCILPS advisor B Sarat Sharma, All Jiribam United Clubs' Association, Jiribam (AJUCA) advisor Dr H Joykumar, Brothers Union Club president Sukumar Das, All Jiribam Muslim Welfare Society, Jiribam advisor Md Jalal Uddin and Lalpani Government High School Headmaster Md Abdul Hasim.

During the meeting, COCPIN, Assam chairman Komlakanta stated that false reports about non-locals in Jiribam being tortured and unlawfully deprived of their human rights by supporters of pro-ILP movement have become a matter of great concern.

The public curfew clamped by JCILPS, Jiribam Branch recently in Jiribam has been misinterpreted as "Mayang Curfew" in leading local dailies in Silchar, he added.

Maintaining that such falsifying news reports can incite communal unrest among various communities in the State and also in other parts of the country, Komlakanta asserted that demands of saving the indigenous people of Manipur should be distinctly made aware to any individual so as to avoid any misquotation or misleading reports in newspapers.

Media persons of Silchar also reportedly interviewed some Bengalis residing in Jiribam regarding the matter.

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