IMPHAL, May 10: In view of the impending indefinite highway bandh in Sadar Hills from midnight of May 11, the KSO General Headquarters has urged the government to resolve the impasse with the KSO Sadar Hills in the public interests.
In a statement, the organization said the public discontentment and uproar resulted from the life attempt on the chief of Lalloiphai and the van driver on May 2 by a mob at Moidangpok. Even after a 24 hours general strike in Sadar Hills, the government does not bother to look into the demands of the KSO Sadar Hills. This attitude of the government is risky and dangerous as it could further worsen the present situation.
The KSO General Headquarters desires an amicable solution to the issue and does not want to paint communal tinge to it and also does not wish to plunge the land and people into a state of chaos. The state of affairs where two helpless men are dragged out of their vehicle and beaten to near death in full view of policemen is unacceptable. The vehicle was allowed to be burnt down beyond repair while the police watched without batting an eyelid. The fact that the police force had remained mute spectators while a criminal act was on, and that the government has not yet done anything to allay the anger of the public is highly objectionable, it said.
Lamenting that the van driver who was beaten to near death is still in a hospital bed fighting for his life and the van he was using to earn his livelihood is now gone, the statement cautioned that if the government remains indifferent and fails to initiate any action towards fulfilling the demands of the KSO Sadar Hills, the KSO General Headquarters will be forced to take the matter into its own hands.