IMPHAL, May 10: Sagolshem Ningol Irungbam Ongbi Modhubala Devi, wife of Irungbam Irabanta Singh made an appeal to let her know whether her husband is alive or dead. Her husband Irungbam Irabanta Singh has gone missing till date after he went out of his house driving his white Maruti Gypsi bearing registration number MN-01K-2171 on May 27, 2012 at about 9 a.m. was taken captive by NSCN-IM.
Irabanta was 38 years old when he went missing last year. Irungbam Kerani Singh of Nongdam Maning Leikai under Lamlai police station of Imphal East District. He had stayed in a rented accommodation along with his wife Modhubala Devi and his 7 year old son, Mysom Singh near Gate No. 3 of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) located at Porompat some time back. He was a supplier of stone and sand for the construction of the Maphou dam.
IFP met Modhubala Devi at her rented accommodation at Porompat today afternoon. During the meeting, she expressed heartfelt dissatisfaction with the NSCN-IM, who she alleged was holding her physically challenged husband in captivity without giving any clue to his whereabouts. Strongly condemning the failure of the Government to find out the clues to her husband’s disappearance after the incident was reported to the police and an appeal was made by meeting directly with Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam who also holds Home Department many times, Modhubala lamented that she only needs to know whether her husband who has remained untraceable for about one year is dead or alive. She further said that her husband`s close friend MK. Winner (34), son of Ramsing of New Salem, Uhrul who lives at Harpham of Ukhrul town at present had gone with her husband after he was allegedly summoned by the NSCN (IM). She continued that the two friends went to the regional office of NSCN-IM located at Ukhrul. She maintained that they
were accompanied by two other Tangkhuls and a Meitei but MK Winner was released but they did not let her know her husband’s whereabouts. She herself appealed to the NSCN (IM) to release her husband by meeting various men of NSCN-IM at regional office located at Ukhrul but he was not released, she continued. Modhubala also said that she came to know later that her husband, MK Winner and their accompanying companions had been detained at the NSCN (IM) regional office for 11 days and added that her husband’s Maruti Gypsy has been used at the camp located at Hebron, Dimapur. “But till date, neither the NSCN-IM nor the state government has clarified over the condition of my husband. I appeal to the public to extend their support to my appeal,” Modhubala said.