Thoubal shutdown affects life; KCP calls bandh Imphal, July 18 (NNN): Normal life was disrupted in Thoubal district of Manipur on July 18 as a result of a 48-hour shutdown call given by a Joint Action Committee (JAC) demanding the Manipur state government to bring all culprits to book and ensure speedy delivery of justice over the death of a local youth from Muslim-dominated Moijing village. The youth, Md Abdul alias Rahaman had succumbed after he was allegedly assaulted by unidentified persons on June 30 last. The JAC said it was compelled to call the strike as the Manipur Police have not been able to arrest the culprits despite continued pressure. Groups of bandh supporters obstructed vehicular movement along Thoubal-Mayang Imphal road since around 5:00 am placing flaming tyres and stones on the road. Religious, emergency and medical services were however exempted from the purview of the strike. Meanwhile, the Kangleipak Communist Party-Poirei Meitei Lup has announced a 13-hour state-wide shutdown beginning 5:00 am of July 20 to protest a number of anomalies in regularization of two Professors in the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS). According to a statement issued by the KCP-Poirei Metei Lup publicity secretary, Malemnganba Meetei, the Director of JNIMS has failed to come out with a white paper on the regularization process of Professors. Services of Prof. L. Deben, now Director of JNIMS, and Prof. M. Angouba were regularized by the Governing Council of JNIMS as they fulfilled the criteria laid down by Medical Council of India (MCI), Professor of Pathology Department, Y. Mohen had clarified recently. Prof Mohen said that they were regularized as per the resolution number 10 of the 21st Governing Council meeting of JNIMS Society held on February 15, 2015. But the KCP rejected the statement. The statement said the media, religious activities, electricity, water supply and emergency and medical services will be exempt from the purview of the shutdown. Makhel village condemns ADC member’s action Senapati, July 18 (MExN): The Makhel Village Authority (MVA) has termed as “barbaric” the act of an Autonomous District Council member from Tadubi constituency with regard to an incident which allegedly occurred on the evening of July 16 at Vanee. The MVA in a press release alleged that the ADC member prevented a Shaktiman truck carrying electrical appliances to Makhel village from proceeding. During the incident, which occurred around 7:30 pm, the MVA added that the ADC member also assaulted the driver of the truck, while using abusive words targeting the chairman of Makhel village. Terming the alleged action as unbecoming of “A person who has the moral responsibility to safeguard and serve the people”, the MVA sought the attention of the authority in concern “to disqualify him from his position and book him as per law.”