Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 06 2009:
Two surrendered People United Liberation Front (PULF) militants who deserted the surrenders' rehabilitation centre have been declared expelled from the centre after Manipur home department declared the duo as deserters.
With the two deserted during January this year, six surrendered militants had deserted the camp since the opening of the state run Surrendered Militants Rehabilitation Centre in 2007 .
Official source from the Rehabilitation Centre located at Lamphel, Imphal, the two cadres namely Md Musha Ali alias Musha alias Ali (25) son of Rehaman of Sora village in Thoubal district and Md Ferojuddin alias Nanao alias Wahidur Rehman (22) son of late Adimkhan of Litan Makhong of Imphal east decamped from the camp recently.
Musha deserted the camp on January 22 last while Ferojuddin decamped two days after desertion of Musha on January 24 .
After a report of desertion of the surrendered militants submitted by the commander of the rehabilitation centre, P Manikanta, CO 2nd Manipur Rifles was received by the authority of the state home department, the order of suspension was issued Thursday.
Manipur government declared a surrendered activist of PULF (People United Liberation Front) who decamped from the government run Surrendered Militants Rehabilitation Centre as deserter, official said Sunday.
At least four surrendered militants all surrendered from PULF outfit deserted from the State Rehabilitation Centre located at Lamphel during year 2008, said a report of the state police department.
One of the deserters was later rounded up by the troops of Assam Rifles during a counter insurgency operation in Thoubal district during the month of January this year.
A total of 36 militants surrendered counting the sis deserters are currently lodging in the rehabilitation centre opened under the Centre sponsored and run by the state government.
With 16 surrendered militants, PULF outfit has highest number surrendered militants in the Centre.
Among the remaining surrenderees, seven are from People Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), four from United National Liberation Front (UNLF), two each from PLA, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kuki National Army (KNA) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and only one from the Kanglei Yoel Kanna Lup, KYKL.