Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 05 2010:
A pradhan toting a small fire armed today assaulted members of his gram panchayat in Imphal west district.
Reports said that pradhan of Kondompokpi Gram Panchayat Toijam Kanta entered a place where members of the same panchayat were holding a meeting at about 10.30 am today and assaulted a woman member at gun point.
Ten members of the gram panchayat held the meeting as per a resolution passed in one of its earlier meeting but the pradhan was absent.
Despite his absence, the meeting discussed utilization of funds allocated to them by the state finance commission and the 13th finance commission of the Central government, the report said.
The pradhan was informed of the commencement of the meeting over phone.
When one of the women members strongly opposed in passing a resolution about the utilization of funds, the pradhan took whipped out a small gun and hit the right shoulder of the woman member.
He immediately left the place, thereafter.
The woman member Kongrailatpam Bina was hospitalized at a nearby healthcare centre.
Members lodged a complaint with the police later, the report added.
Meanwhile, suspected undergrounds fired at the houses of a pradhan in Imphal east district and at the house of a special contractor of Manipur Police Housing Corporation in different extortion related incidents.
The firing at the house of the pradhan Birlal of Kongba Nandeibam Leikai in Imphal east took place around 8 pm last night.
Two suspected underground activists fired a few rounds at his house.
No one was reported injured in the incident.
Decrying the act of threatening people, womenfolk of the area today staged a sit-in protest with an appeal not to repeat such act that cause fear to the people.
The firing at the house of the special contractor of MPHC also took place last night.
A report said that some miscreants fired a gun at the house of contractor Hijam Basanta at Uripok Polem Leikai.
No casualties were reported.
Womenfolk of the area staged a sit-in protest today registering a strong protest against the act of the miscreants.