Shop-owners protest burglary
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 10 2011:
Most of the commercial establishments located at Paona Bazar downed shutters and staged sit-in-demonstration today in denunciation of repeated incidents of burglaries.
In addition to electronic items such as mobile phone handsets and portable generators discovered missing from some shops yesterday, similar case of burglary was detected this morning with the victim shop-owner (Mobile Planet, Paona Bazar) estimating the loss at about Rs 9.65 lakhs.
The shop-owners, who launched today's protest from around 1 pm, questioned commitment and alacrity of numerous security teams deployed in and around Paona Bazar area.
They also asserted that there is strong possibility of imposing bandh in case such incidents recur.