KANGPOKPI, October 16: The Kuki Inpi Manipur today expressed endorsement of the 48 hour hill district bandh called by the JAC formed in connection with the alleged killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen while strongly condemning the alleged unresponsiveness of the State government over the killing.
The JAC had called 48 hr bandh in the hill districts of Manipur from midnight of October 18 to show discontentment and dissatisfaction over the delay in furnishing the magisterial probe report by the Government.
KIM general secretary Khaimang Chongloi said that failure on the part of the State government who assured to table the magisterial inquiry report over the brutal killing of one innocent civilian and a leader of a SoO group Kuki National Front (KNF) by personnel of 8 AR on January 28, 2015 at Kadangband within the stipulated time has irked the people.
He alleged that the innocent victim Khupneilal Neihsiel, son of (L) Lallam Neihsiel of Kangchup Chingkhong, whose vehicle was taken along with him by the KNF men, had been mercilessly shot dead along with KNF officer even after identifying himself to the AR personnel as a civilian.
He continued that the deceased Khupneilal Neihsiel was the village authority secretary and the vice president of Kuki Inpi Twibul Lhang while Robert Hesei Kipgen on the other hand was the CAO of an armed organization KNF which is under Suspension of Operation (SoO) with the State and Central governments.
In connection with the brutal killing, the government had constituted a magisterial inquiry on January 31 and assured to table the report within three months said Khaimang Chongloi while adding that the State government as well as the concerned authority has doubtfully failed to table the report even after 8 months.
Therefore, the Kuki Inpi Manipur has decided to endorse the JAC 48 hr bandh in hill districts of the state logically and practically, added Khaimang Chongloi.
KIM secretary further alleged such inattentiveness and sloppiness on part of the State government is account for countless hurdles and baffling issues in the state.
KIM also holds the State government responsible for any problematic situations arising out of the 48 hours bandh.