UCM to PM

Imphal, Feb 18: With regard to the abdution of six Government officials and subsequent selective murder of three of them including Kasom Khullen SDO Dr Thingnam Kisham, the United Committee Manipur has sought intervention of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh so that the missing three employees are rescued and the truth of the selective murder ascertained from them. In a memorandum, the UCM apprised the Prime Minister that the selective murder had issued a sinister signal of ethnic tension.Asserting that the Government of Manipur, Government of India and the NSCN (IM) should be accountable to the people of Manipur for any future development from the current situation, the UCM demanded that the Government of Manipur and the Union Home Ministry should apologise to the people of Manipur for their sheer neglect and utter indifference to the law and order situation in hill districts of Manipur. Saying that the six employees were abducted from the office complex of Ukhrul DC right after a meeting, the UCM questioned as to why Ukhrul DC Pankaj Kumar Pal did not report the abduction to the Government. It further questioned about the serious altercation the DC had with Dr Th Kishan at the meeting before abduction. Observing that the decade of ceasefire and peace negotiations between Government of India and NSCN (IM) has seen murders, oppressions, illegal maneouvers, abduction and killings in the hill districts, it asserted that activities of functionaries close to the NSCN (IM) have been not to the taste of the peace loving citizens of the State. The rebel group’streatment of James Kuki, the prime accused of Lungnilla Elizabeth murder case, the issue Hubert and Martin on the one hand and ‘velvet-globe’ treatment given to NSCN (IM) by Government of India and the Government of Manipur has been severely disturbing the cordial relations between the hills and plain people for quite long, the UCM noted. It sought intervention of the Prime Minis- ter to ensure that the NSCN (IM) honour its commitment to help justice prevail in the hill districts.