IMPHAL, December 3: Locals of Phougakchao Ikhai, Bishnupur led by Torbung Gram Panchayat Pradhan today demanded the concerned authorities to speed up the local Police Station of which construction is already 95 percent complete.
Speaking to media persons at the Manipur Press Club, Torbung Pradhan Sapam Rajen said the opening of the Phougakchao Ikhai Police Station will help in ensuring peace and harmony in the area.
He said instead of opening the Police Station which already has its sanctioned strength of personnel including an Officer in Charge, a police picket has been installed near the station.
Authorities had installed the picket during the recent Inner Line Permit System movement as security measure to control any unwanted tension in the area during the agitation in Churachandpur, he said.
However, instead of controlling the situation, personnel of the police packet has been creating a chaotic situation in the Torbung area where the Meiteis are the minority community, he said.
The Pradhan also said that the police personnel in collusion with some others who wore camouflage uniforms have been harassing civilians without any provocation and that the locals had submitted a memorandum to the local MLA of Kumbi and a copy to the State Home minister yesterday in this regard.
He has further appealed to the concerned authorities to evacuate the police picket at the earliest and to open the police station instead.