SFs in civvies worry Khoirom locals
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, July 25 2023:
The womenfolk of Khoirom have appealed to central forces especially to the Assam Rifles personnel, not to roam around in the village area.
In plain clothes, which could set off mass panic and suspicions.
In a press meet held at Khoirom Mathak Leikai community hall on Tuesday, Meira Paibf members Y Sangita and L Kamala recounted that on July 23, the local Meira Paibi were conducting routine checking when they halted a Bolero and detained its three occupants, two non-Manipuri and one tribal.
On questioning, the trio first answered they were BRTF personnel and again claimed they were AR troopers.
During the search, various suspicious items were found in their possession, which led to an argument between them and the locals.
Thus, the Meira-Paibi members urged personnel of AR or central forces to inform the locals prior to arriving in the area and to come along with state force after taking permission of the SP concerned.
They further appealed to the security forces including the state forces not to roam around in the village area dressed in plain clothes.