People from all walks of life like educationists, religious leaders, businessmen, representatives from SoO groups district administration and security forces will be taking part in the discussion, the release informed adding that aim of the open house discussion is to get everybody from the civil society on one platform and discuss the emerging security situation in the wake of SoO groups moving into designated camps.
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Villager killed in IED blast in Cdl
Imphal, October 05 (HNS): Police has registered a case of the death of a villager in an IED blast in the interior area of Chandel district. The chief of the village relayed the news yesterday, 18 days after the incident.
Thirty-five year old Chungpao Singson son of late Khupkholal Singson of LH Zangnomphai village under Molcham police station in the interior the Chandel district died on September 17 following the explosion an IED planted on the river bank of Tuisadung, about seven km from his village, according to the complaint lodged by the chief of the village.
Village chief Lamkhohen Lhanglal lodged the complaint with the Molcham police station yesterday. In the complaint, he alleged that Chungpao was the victim of the IED explosion when he accidentally stepped on the IED while going to collect bamboo shoots from the forest. The blast blew away his right leg. He succumbed to excessive bleeding on the way back to his home.
Villagers buried his dead body without informing the police at a village funeral ground, the chief informed. He said the reason behind the delay in informing the police was because of bad communication even though the village is located only 20 km away on the south of Molcham village. Molcham police has registered a case under section 376/302 of IPC and 3 Explosive Substances Act, an official source said today.
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Mizoram seeks more time for Bru repatriation
Aizawl, Oct 6 : The Mizoram Government today said it would move the Centre for one month extension of the deadline for repatriation of Bru refugees from camps in North Tripura.
The Home Ministry had set October 18 as the deadline for the repatriation process. “The State Government would seek for more time as the administration of Mamit district, where maximum number of the Bru refugees would be resettled after repatriation, is engaged in rescue and relief operations in the area hit by landslides, triggered by heavy rains,” official sources said.
“The officials are engaged in relief operations and are unable to prepare for the repatriation process during October,” he said.
Meanwhile, the joint verification of villages where the refugees were proposed to be resettled was almost complete in Mamit, he said.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, during his visit to Aizawl on May 25, had urged Bru leaders to ensure that all the refugees return to Mizoram from Tripura by October end. – PTI
