IMPHAL, January 9: The Zelianrong Youth Front, AMN, (ZYF) has held a public meeting on January 8 at Chingkham Kabui Village Community Hall, Imphal West District at 11:00 am.
According to a release of the Front, the meeting was necessitated following some persons led by Md. Ziao Rahaman son of Md. Habibur Rahaman of Turel Ahanbi, Md. Asharbali, son of (L) Mufizudin alias Tamfao of Karampat, Md. Faju Hafi, son of (L) Abu Haji of Turel Ahanbi and others intruded upon the peaceful existent of the villagers and dismantled a newly constructed house situated within the territory of the village land on December 22.
The public meeting strongly condemned the unlawful activities and decided to submit Memorandum to the Chief Minister of Manipur, the Deputy Chief/Home Minister of Manipur for immediate intervention into the matter and provide necessary protection and to ensure safety and security of lives and properties as deemed fit under the Constitution by the citizens of the country.
Another memorandum was also submitted to the Civil Judge (Senior Division) Thoubal to take up the matter/case at the earliest which has been pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Thoubal, in compliance of th Gauhati High Court, Imphal Bench which passed an order on July 11, 2014 directing the Civil Judged (Sr. Division) Thoubal to dispose of Original (Declaration) Suit No.12 of 2013 as early as possible preferably within one year from the date of communication of this order in order to avoid such incident in future.
The public meeting took serious note of the incident as the personnel of the Lilong Police Station led by its Officer-In- Charge miserably failed to enforce law and order despite their physical presence during the incident which is a clear testimonial of their bias attitude towards the people of Chingkham
Kabui village in particular and Nagas in general, it said.
The public meeting also decided that the State Govt. should compensate for the properties damaged and loss in incident as per the customary law of Zeliangrong as it was happened in the physical presence of the personnel of the Lilong Police Station. The Zeliangrong customary law states that pulling down/damaging/destroying/dismantling a house unlawfully amounts to committing murder. The incident would be considered as pre-meditated and pre-planned one with ulterior motive orchestrated by the State Govt. in case the State Govt. does not compensate for the properties damaged and loss.
The public meeting also strongly warned the perpetrators to stop such unlawful activities in order to maintain and uphold communal harmony and decided that repeat of such activities in future will not be
tolerated but only retaliated in befitting manner of which consequences should be borne by the State Govt. The Front also warned that the Zelianrong people in particular and the Nagas in general will not tolerate such unlawful activities, it said.
The meeting was attended by the President of the United Naga Council, the President of the Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), Vice-President of the Zeliangrong Union (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), the President of the Rongmei Luh Phuam (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), the Joint Secretary of the Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur, Chairmen and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Bishnupur Zone, Imphal East Zone, Nungba Zone, Imphal West Zone, the Vice-Chairman and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Sadar Hills Zone, the General Secretary and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Churachandpur Zone, the Chairman of the Zeliangrong Union, Imphal Zone, National Student`™s Union of India Imphal Unit representative, the President and his Colleagues of the AZACO, the Chairmen and Elders from different Zeliangrong Villages, Leaders from different Women`™s Organisations, Youths Club representatives etc.