Imphal/New Delhi, May 13 (Agencies): The Centre has asked leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to restrain its activists in Manipur’s Ukhrul district. NSCN (I-M) activists allegedly issued “death threats” to deputy commissioner Pankaj Pal after he refused to follow their diktat regarding the awarding of contracts for construction of a community health centre.
Manipur chief secretary Jarnail Singh yesterday requested K. Padmanabhaiah, the Centre’s interlocutor in the ongoing peace talks with the NSCN (I-M), to tell the outfit that its members in Ukhrul should not target Pal.
The Manipur administration sent an SOS to the Centre after the district commissioner was escorted to Imphal yesterday. “Padmanabhaiah ask-ed the NSCN (I-M) leaders to control its activists in Ukhrul,” an official source said. NSCN (I-M) activists in Ukhrul allegedly issued death threats to Pal after he issued the work order for repairing a community health centre at Kamjong in Ukhrul district. The rebels wanted to entrust the work to a contractor of their choice.
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