IMPHAL, JUNE 4 (NNN): Stating that “no one is safe anymore” in border area including Moreh town, different organizations based in the border town have decided to impose “total blockade” on National Highway-102 from midnight of June 4 to midnight of June 5 in protest against the series of blasts and killings in recent time. Hill Tribal Council (HTC), Meitei Council Moreh (MCM), MMCM, Sangam Tamil and Gorkha Samaj in a joint meeting today strongly condemned the IED blast on Saturday near Moreh town where three Assam Rifles personnel were critically injured. “This inhuman act of cowardice by miscreants is to be condemned by one and all as it serves no good,” a joint statement of the three organizations said today. They also appealed to the perpetrators of the incidents to stop their acts of violence which are posing great threats to public life. “We also express our abhorrence to such anti-social elements who are keen to disturb the peaceful co-existence in Moreh town and its surrounding areas,” the joint press note said. Meanwhile, the proscribed People’s Revolutionary Front (RPF), one of the valley based militant outfits, has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blast. In a press statement today, the RPF said that the outfit had carried out the attack on the 11 Assam Rifles’ patrol near Moreh town. In view of the recent increase in the incidents of IED blasts, cases of ambush on security forces and killings of civilians in Moreh town and nearby areas bordering Myanmar, the State Government of Manipur has constituted a 7 member Committee to study the circumstances and reasons behind these incidences and to recommend remedial measures to maintain peace and tranquility in the area. The Committee is headed by Pramod Asthana, ADGP as Chairman and the other members are S. Ibomcha Singh, IGP (Admin), Brig (Retd) SK Sharma, DIG/CRPF, A. Shamoo Singh, DIG/BSF and one member each to be nominated by IGAR (South), GOC, 57Mtn Division and DD/SIB. The Committee will find groups or individuals responsible for such incidents based on the inputs from various security agencies and public interaction. Further, the Committee shall submit its report within 15 days. The State Home Department has issued an order to this effect.
