Imphal, September 11: With the uproar over the killing of a youth in an alleged fake encounter in July yet to die down, a local committee has called a strike over the killing of another person in a “similar” encounter in Manipur.
A 24-hour general strike beginning midnight tonight has been called by the All Manipur Rickshaw Drivers’ Pullers Association to protest the killing of a driver, Md Rehaman alias Tomba, by police commandos and securitymen in an alleged fake encounter on Tuesday.
Official sources said Rehaman and five others, whom they claimed were militants, were killed in the encounter with police commandos and personnel of 12 Maratha Light Infantry at Awang Khunou in Imphal West district on Tuesday night.
In a memorandum to Governor Gurbachan Jagat yesterday, the Association claimed that Rehaman operated his vehicle from Imphal to the border town of Moreh in Chandel district bordering Myanmar.
–PTI