Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 28 2010:
The increasing incidents of opening fire and triggering bomb blasts in areas where there are adequate security presence and the trend of targeting non-local people smacks of an agenda to defeat the demand for repeal of AFSPA from Manipur, said a press release issued by the Sharmila Kanba Lup.
These violent activities seem to have been propelled with the intention to negate the decade long campaign of Sharmila against AFSPA as well as the people's movement being undertaken in solidarity with Sharmila's campaign.
While the security forces including State force have been killing both UG activists and innocent civilians in encounters and alleged encounters, the security forces have been unable to control the incidents of bomb and firing attacks right in the heart of Imphal.
On the other hand, there have been numerous instances where security personnel were found involved in bomb and firing attacks, it charged.
The State Government was only hoodwinking the public by claiming that the infamous AFSPA was repealed from seven Assembly segments under Imphal Municipal area on experimental basis before repealing the same Act from all over Manipur, added the release.