IMPHAL: The Manipur government has ordered a probe into the recent lynching of a Muslim youth and the subsequent torching of a house by a mob at Yairipok in Thoubal district.
Md Sana (24) of Phoudel village in Yairipok was lynched by a mob on the night of April 12 for allegedly having an illicit relationship with a woman. The house of one Kh Kunjeshore was also torched by the mob.
Rubbishing the charge, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) set up against Sana's killing demanded that the government arrest the culprits and punish them accordingly.
On Thursday, Manipur principal secretary (home) issued an order for a police probe to establish the facts and circumstances of the violent incident, official sources said, adding that an IGP will head the inquiry. Reports of the investigation would be submitted to the government within a month, sources added.
With the issuance of the government order, the JAC called off the 48-hour general strike it had enforced from Wednesday evening. This followed a meeting with the JAC leaders and chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh at the latter's office. Sana's body, which was lying unclaimed in the mortuary of the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), was taken by the JAC and the bereaved family on Friday afternoon for his last rites.
Meanwhile, movement of vehicles along the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Silchar highways and other inter-district routes was severely affected on Friday owing to a 24-hour 'chakka' bandh called by the All Manipur Road Transport, Drivers and Motor Workers' Union from Thursday midnight.
The bandh was called to protest against the gunning down of a truck driver and torching of two loaded trucks by suspected rebels along the Imphal-Silchar route on Wednesday night. The deceased truck driver, Sorokhaibam Babu (44), hails from Samurou in Imphal West.
Condemning the incident, deputy CM Gaikhangam instructed a senior police officer to check if there were any security lapses leading to the incident.
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