Trainee police personnel stage protest in Manipur
Imphal, March 16 (PTI): Manipur police trainees, numbering 376, protested against the state Home department at Manipur Police Training Centre at Pangei in Imphal East district, a senior police official said today. One police personnel was also roughed up by the agitators but a team of Manipur police soon managed to pacify them during yesterday's development, the official said. The protesters, undergoing training in both sub-inspector and assistant sub-inspector ranks also locked up the main gate of the training centre and barricaded the roads leading towards it yesterday, the official said. The agitators were protesting the alleged delay in the passing out parade for these trainees who had completed their training on February 16 this year. The trainees wanted the official passing out parade function be completed before the coming Holi festival, according to a section of agitators.
Assam polls: IT department keeping close surveillance
Guwahati, March 16 (PTI): The Income Tax Department is keeping close eye over movement of cash/valuables or other items likely to be used for influencing electors during the ensuing Assam Assembly elections. As per the direction of Election Commission of India, the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), NER, Guwahati, has opened a 24X7 control room and Complaint Monitoring Cell at the Aaykar Bhawan here, an official release said. The public may communicate any information pertaining to movement of large amount of cash/valuables etc during the election period, which was likely to be misused for elections, the release added.
Three Bodo militants killed in Assam
Guwahati, March 16 (IANS): Three militants of Bodo outfit NDFB -- two of whom were trained in Myanmar and were wanted in many cases -- were killed in gunfights with police in Assam, an official said on Wednesday. Based on information that militants of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were moving in Majbat area in Udalguri district, police laid an ambush on Tuesday night, said Udalguri Superintendent of Police Rakesh Roushan, who led the operation. "We spotted four people. When we asked them to stop, they ran and started firing at us forcing us to retaliate," he said. During a search, police found two militants with bullet injuries. They were taken to the Majbat primary health centre but were declared dead by doctors. The slain militants were identified as Daharu and Jackput, who were trained in Myanmar and were wanted in many cases. Another cadre -- identified as B. Sumbla -- was killed in Majbat in a separate gun battle with police. Police believe that ULFA and NDFB might try to create disturbances in the run-up to the assembly polls in Assam, scheduled for April 4 and 11. "We cannot rule out the angle that the militants have been trying to carry out subversive activities in the run-up to the polls," the police official added.
