IMPHAL, Jul 14: The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System has expressed its deepest condolence on the death of Sapam Robinhood and countless numbers of supporters and agitators who have suffered injuries due to police highhandedness witnessed during the movement demanding an Act to check the rampant influx of outsiders into the State and safeguard the indigenous people.
A statement of the committee signed by its asstt media coordinator Md Kheiruddin Shah Moijingmayum said the JCILPS shares the grievances of the families who had to endure such pains for the movement.
It further said that the special meeting of the Manipur Legislative Assembly convened on July 15 should not only withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015, but should also set a timeline in the near future for the enactment of a bill which would safeguard the indigenous people.
The JCILPS supported by the people is all set to launch further agitations in case of the failure of the House to do so, it warned.
It has further appealed to all medical staff including doctors and nurses to properly attend to those injured in the movement.
The statement also said that the committee has opened a medical helpline to attend to those injured during the movement.