Imphal, Jul 19 : The Senior Citizens’ Forum, Heirok, has urged Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh to abolish Special Police Officers (SPOs) in their village. The 300 SPOs, who are undergoing firearms training, should be absorbed in the police or paramilitary forces, a memorandum said.
Early this year, the government said the SPOs would be recruited in areas where the police could not penetrate. But, as SPOs were not recruited in other villages, was Heirok being singled out to earn the wrath of militants, the memorandum wondered.The forum said government employees could not venture out and attend office, nor could farmers and daily wage earners go to work. The government arrangement to sell rice at Rs 11 a kg in fair price shops was meaningless as the villagers had stopped earning money.
The militants of the United National Liberation Front, the Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup and the Kangleipak Communist Party had imposed a ban on the villagers for daring to recruit SPOs. Five activists who had mobilised the villagers for SPO recruitment were given death sentence in absentia.
The villagers demanded they be given firearms to protect themselves from the militants, who had killed two girls and a boy and injured some others during a folk dance festival on the night of March 24.
Early this year, the government said the SPOs would be recruited in areas where the police could not penetrate. But, as SPOs were not recruited in other villages, was Heirok being singled out to earn the wrath of militants, the memorandum wondered.The forum said government employees could not venture out and attend office, nor could farmers and daily wage earners go to work. The government arrangement to sell rice at Rs 11 a kg in fair price shops was meaningless as the villagers had stopped earning money.
The militants of the United National Liberation Front, the Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup and the Kangleipak Communist Party had imposed a ban on the villagers for daring to recruit SPOs. Five activists who had mobilised the villagers for SPO recruitment were given death sentence in absentia.
The villagers demanded they be given firearms to protect themselves from the militants, who had killed two girls and a boy and injured some others during a folk dance festival on the night of March 24.
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