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Shutdown in Manipur over alleged rights violations by security forces | A civil organisation called for a 60-hour shutdown in Manipur starting from today against
human rights violations committed allegedly by security forces. The call was given
by the Apunba Lup, an umbrella organization of local groups, spearheading the
ongoing agitation against the security forces. Business establishments, banks,
schools and petrol pumps remained closed on Saturday. Roads were deserted with
only a few private two and four wheelers and that of security forces plying. All
commercial vehicles have stopped plying on roads. In a statement, the Apunba Lup
reiterated its call to carry on the movement until the people's demands are met.
On September 14, police had launched a crackdown, detaining eight members of the
civil organisation spearheading the protests. Manipur has been on the boil since
the killing of a pregnant woman and a suspected militant in a shootout on July
23 near the building of the state legislature in Imphal. Five others were injured
in the shootout. Several protests and shutdowns have since rocked Imphal, disrupting
normal life. State police earlier arrested several members of the Working Committee
of the Apunba Lup and were being detained under the stringent National Security
Act (NSA). A shootout with security forces on September 7 in which five cadres
of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) were killed also sparked protests in the state.
The protestors alleged that the troops violated the ceasefire and called the killings
as cold-blooded murders. Protestors in the state are demanding stringent action
against the police commandos allegedly involved in the shootout, which they have
branded as a 'fake encounter'. |
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