Our Correspondent Imphal | March 22 An 11-hour Imphal-Sagolmang road bandh has been called by a joint action committee (JAC) tomorrow to register a protest against criminal escalation against villagers. Nongshum, a hamlet under Sawombung in Imphal East is facing escalating intimidation and harassment from Kuki National Army (KNA) and Kuki Liberation Organisation KLO), a ‘JAC against the torture of Nongshum villagers’ convenor K Ibungobi Singh told media at the Press Club here on Tuesday. "We've called a bandh along the road from 6am to 5pm in protest," he announced. He claimed that armed Kuki militants belonging to KNA and KLO frequently intimidate the people in Sagolmang. The two Kuki underground groups are currently under ceasefire with the government. Ibungobi called upon the Manipur government to look into the matter concerning the standoff between the villagers and the militants. “The government is not taking any steps to resolve the conflict despite repeated appeal. We demand the government to act immediately,” he said. The JAC leader said the strife has threatened to disrupt the peacefulness of the normal daily life of the village and demanded the government to open a police out-post there to provide protection to the villagers at the earliest.
