Beastly act, says UNLF

IMPHAL, Feb 18 : Strongly condemning the brutal killing of the SDO of Kasom Khullen Dr Th Kisan and his two subordinates, Aribam Rajen and Yumnam Loken, the proscribed UNLF said that the abduction and later killing of the three officials cannot be justified on any ground and dubbed it as a beastly act. UNLF takes the incident seriously and strongly condemns it, added the outfit. Of late it has become increasingly clear that certain elements in the hills are hell bent on targeting people from the plains posted or working in the hills, said UNLF and recalled how 5 labourers were shot dead by a hill based outfit at Maphou dam on November 26 last year while another was seriously injured. Such beastly act is nothing but an attempt to sever the ties between the people of the valley and hills, said UNLF and added that this is the handiwork of a few demented minds. It is time for all the right thinking people of the both the valley and the hills to stand together and defeat such an agenda, said the statement and added that actions should also be taken to ensure that such incidents do not recur in the future to bring about a united Manipur. Such incidents occur because of some sick minds, with extremely narrow and biased outlook but armed with lethal weapons, observed the outfit. Such communally minded people armed with guns are being instigated by the security forces to drive a wedge amongst the people of the land, added UNLF. That every action has an equal reaction should not be forgotten by anyone, said the outfit and asserted that those pursuing such devilish agenda will one reap the fruits of pursuing the wrong policies. UNLF on the other hand has claimed that the Assistant Director of SAI Kh Olympic is in their custody for interrogation. Instead of dispensing with his duty to promote sports, the official has been misusing his authority to womanise and forcefully trying to entice a married woman who is running a tea hotel using muscle power. One .38 pistol has also been recovered from his possession, claimed the outfit and added that once the interrogation is over, the findings will be made public.