Stir intensifies as Manipur man stays untraced after 13 days; 2,000 troopers proceed search

No less than 2,000 troopers of the Military and Assam Rifles continued their hectic search operation to find the 56-year-old man from the Meitei group. The Joint Motion Committee (JAC) and the Meira Paibis have sought the intervention of the Defence Minister and Assam Chief Minister to rescue the person who has remained untraced for almost two weeks.

The influential Meira Paibis (ladies vigilantes in Manipur) and the JAC, who’re persevering with their agitations individually in protest in opposition to the kidnapping of Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, who has been lacking since November 25. The JAC leaders, who on 7 December, Friday met Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and mentioned the kidnapping of Kamalbabu Singh, on Saturday instructed the media that also they are in search of the intervention of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to ask the Military officers in Manipur to accentuate the search operation to find the lacking particular person.

Meira Paibis leaders mentioned that as Kamalbabu Singh is a resident of Assam, and state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma should discuss to all involved to rescue him. Kamalbabu Singh, a resident of Gossaipur beneath Cachar district in southern Assam, who was staying at Loitang Khunou village in Imphal West district, left his residence on 25 November for the Leimakhong navy station, the place he was working as a supervisor for a contractor working with the Army Engineering Providers (MES), however went lacking.

Defence sources mentioned that the Military has deployed over 2,000 troopers together with Assam Rifles personnel and is conducting hectic searches in Kangpokpi and adjoining districts to find Laishram Kamalbabu Singh.