NCP Manipur condemns
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 23 2012:
NCP Manipur unit president L Ibomcha has strongly condemned the alleged cold-blooded murder of Thangjam Dwijamani alias Nanao, Imphal correspondent of Guwahati based Prime Time Channel at Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai this evening while he was trying to cover the ongoing general strike.
The security personnel involved in the murder should be immediately arrested and dismissed from service, the NCP MLA demanded in a press release.
It appeared that security personnel were trying to spread communal tension amongst different communities instead of controlling and pacifying the existing situation, Ibomcha alleged.
Pledging certain assistance from his side, Ibomcha urged the State Government to extend all possible help to the bereaved family.
The All Manipur Nupi Marup has also decried the killing of a journalist in police action in the course of the ongoing general strike.
One major factor for the public wrath is the failure of the State Government to arrest NSCN-IM Lt Col Livingstone till date.
The act of opening fire towards unarmed protesters cannot be justified and all those involved in killing the journalist should be awarded befitting punishment, said a press release issued by the All Manipur Nupi Marup.
Information Centre for Hill Areas of Manipur has also condemned the killing of the journalist on duty.