SENAPATI, August 9: The 24-hour total bandh imposed by Mao Council and endorsed by Naga People’s Organization (NPO) remains peaceful and effective with complete shutdown of the district including educational institutions and even local vehicular movement.
According to police sources, more than 100 vehicles including inter-state buses, loaded trucks, oil tankers, passenger Tata Wingers and many private vehicles were stranded at Mao-Gate in the Manipur-Nagaland border due to the bandh. Heavy deployment of bandh supporters along the NH-2 could be seen till the late evening. Sources also confirmed that, around 20 empty fuel tankers coming from Imphal under CRPF security has been stopped at Makhan Tabio for violation of the said bandh. No claims of responsibility for the killing of Pfokreho James have been made by any group or organizations till today.
The market areas in Mao-Gate, Tadubi, Makhan, Maram and Senapati town remained completely shut down with limited public movement in all the said areas. Another source has also confirmed, a heavy landslide has occurred between Lairouching and Karong. Till the filling of this report, no clearance has been made by concerned department which is expected to cause NH-2 traffic movemement problem.
The Mao Council has called 24 hours `Mao inhabited areas` in protest against the killing of `Lieutenant Colonel` Pfokrehe James, 55 years, hailed from NSCN-Khole-Kitovi group ( formerly called Unification on August 6 in Senapati district headquarters by unidentified gunmen.
The Mao Council had given a one-day deadline to those people responsible to reveal their identities and also to give reasons for the act. As the deadline has expired, the Mao Council has imposed 24 hours `total bandh` in all the `Mao inhabited areas` from 4 am of August 9 (Friday), till 4 am of August 10.