SENAPATI, October 18 (NNN): There have been reports of illegal immigrants sneaking into Senapati district of Manipur following the concerted drive against them in the valley districts by the state administration. However, this reports are yet to be confirmed officially.
Talking to NNN, president of Naga People`s Organisation (NPO) Mr Markson said the apex civil body of the district has strong apprehension of the sneaking in of these illegal immigrants into the district. “We are taking up measures to thwart this problem,” asserted Markson. He then alerted the people to be cautious about the development. “There is every possiblity of these illegal immigrants sneaking into the district as there have been full swing drives against them in the state capital Imphal and other valley districts,” opined the NPO chief this evening.
Meanwhile, the NPO in a statement said masquerading as daily wage earner, shops-in-mobile, job-seekers, construction workers and other professions, many illegal immigrants suspected to be those of Bangladeshi immigrants might have sneaked into the district especially in the headquarters. “We are very much concerned about such development,” the NPO stated.
It then said in recent months there have been increasing cases of non-locals involved in business activities and criminal offences. “The need for checking and preventing the inflow of illegal immigrants into the district is seriously recommended to the concerned authorities”, it added.
According to NPO, it had issued a “public directive” on July 18, 2011 which states that, any landlord renting his house should first obtain character or domicile certificate from their tenants, failure which the landlord will be directly responsible for any activity committed by their tenants. In this regard, the NPO had directed to all the sub-ordinate local bodies to strictly impose the directives.
The NPO`s concern has been substantiated by the fact that the district serves a gateway for people from outside the state of Manipur. The most important route, the National Highway-2 passes through Senapati district and that, the people with doubtful domiciles can take advantage in the district as a stop-over before they proceed to elsewhere in Manipur when situation suits them.