Maipur: Normal life affected again after various civil society organisations call for 48-hour shutdown
village protection volunteers’.
During the bandh there were some minor incidents reported from the valley districts, no major incidents happened relating to the shutdown. The bandh started on Tuesday.
The organisation are claiming that the arrested people are village protection volunteers.
Agitators, including women, in Imphal East and Imphal West districts blocked the important roads with wooden logs, water pipes and burning of tyres. Movement of Central and state security forces were obstructed in many places as the agitators blockaded many roads.
Inter-district, inter-state buses and trucks did not operate.
Markets, shops, business establishments, banks, government offices, educational institutions were closed in the five valley districts — Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Imphal West, and Imphal East.
Police officials earlier said that five persons were arrested on Saturday with sophisticated weapons in camouflage uniform.
A large number of men and women came out to protest the arrest and tried to storm Porompat police station in Imphal East district demanding release of the arrested persons, but the security forces repelled the police station attack by firing tear gas shells.
Several people including a Rapid Action Force personnel received minor injuries during the tussles.
The civil society organisations earlier set a deadline to release the five detainees, but police rejected the demand.
The Manipur police have charged the five people under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act & Official Secrets Act.
Police officials added that an INSAS rifle and a self-loading rifle — and 128 rounds of ammunition recovered from them. “ One of the five arrested is a former cadre of banned insurgent outfit People’s Liberation Army
