AFSPA extended in Manipur for 6 months

Hill areas of Manipur were again placed under the stringent Armed Forces Special Powers Act while 19 police stations mainly comprising areas in the valley have been kept out of its purviewIn an official notification issued on Wednesday it was stated that ldquoGovernor of Manipur hereby accords approval to declare the entire state of Manipur excluding the areas falling under the jurisdiction of 19 police stationsas lsquoDisturbed Arearsquo for a period of six months with effect from October 1 2023rdquoThe police station areas where the Disturbed Areas Act has not been imposed are Imphal Lamphel City Singjamei Sekmai Lamsang Pastol Wangoi Porompat Heingagng Lamlai Iribung Leimakhong Thoubal Bishnupur Nambol Moirang Kakchin and JirbamProtests continue in ImphalProtest rallies erupted in Imphal with thousands of students marching towards the centre of the city for the second consecutive day on Wednesday protesting the kidnapping and killing of two youthsScreengrab of viral video shows students running after teargas is thrown at them PicTwitterOn the other hand the womenrsquos wing of Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum ITLF the apex Kuki body staged a demonstration in Churachandpur against the delay in ordering a CBI inquiry into the killing and rape of tribals during the nearly fivemonthlong ethnic violence in ManipurManipur Police CRPF and RAF personnel were seen deployed in strength throughout Imphal Valley in anticipation of possible violenceldquoWe are holding a peaceful protest against the kidnapping and killing of fellow students and we have asked everyone to wear black badges as a mark of protestrdquo said Thokchom Khogendro Singh a student leaderYoung men and women were seen shouting slogans as they marched in from various places many of them holding placards protesting the killing of two students who had gone missing in July and pictures of whose dead bodies have surfaced recently sparking outrageCBI team led by spl director to probeA team of CBI officials led by the agencyrsquos Special Director Ajay Bhatnagar will reach Imphal on Wednesday to investigate the ldquokidnapping and killingrdquo of two students sources saidManipur police CRPF and RAF were deployed PicTwitterThe decision was taken within hours of the case being handed over to the CBI by the state government The team led by Bhatnagar the secondincommand in the federal agency will also have Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay who is camping in ImphalThe team will comprise officers who have expertise in special crime crime scene recreation interrogation and technical surveillance It will also have experts from the CBIrsquos elite Central Forensic Science Laboratory the sources saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever