Manipur: Army launches search after Meitei man working at military station goes ‘missing’

On Tuesday night, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said a zero FIR has been filed successful transportation with the lawsuit and the constabulary acrophobic are successful interaction with service authorities to find the missing person.

Kamal Babu’s household said helium had near location successful Khurkhul successful Imphal West astatine astir 9 americium arsenic accustomed and had entered the campus. But helium did not instrumentality location astatine astir 4 p.m. arsenic usual. They approached the constabulary presumption erstwhile helium had not returned adjacent by 8.30 pm.

Kamal’s son-in-law Moirangthem Ibo said that he, on with different household leaders and section leaders met authorities of the 57 Mountain Division.

“We checked each the CCTV footage of the part and we saw him entering astatine astir 9.15 americium but helium cannot beryllium seen leaving. We person been informed that his past determination was astatine the Key Location Point, which is an country adjacent to a roadworthy betwixt Kangpokpi and Churachandpur,” Ibo said.

A information authoritative corroborated that monitoring CCTV footage does not amusement wherever helium disappeared from.

“Acting connected input, the Army sprung into action, instantly activating each its resources. CCTV feeds are being cautiously scanned, his co-workers are being spoken to and an aggravated hunt operation, including the tracker dogs, has been launched. Despite a thorough hunt of the areas, neither the idiosyncratic nor his 2-wheeler has been located. The combing cognition has been further intensified, spreading crossed the subject presumption and adjoining villages. Drones and different aerial platforms person besides been integrated. Army authorities person interacted with the CSOs of the portion to hint the missing individual,” work a connection from the Ministry of Defence. “The Army has requested the Meitei CSOs to region blockades for a escaped and swift question of the Armed Forces and Police,” it read.

Tensions implicit Kamal Babu’s disappearance is particularly precocious due to the fact that of the abduction of six women and children of a Meitei household connected November 11 from Jiribam by equipped Hmar gunmen. The gunmen, suspected to beryllium militants, were killed. This incidental sparked monolithic protests successful the vale and the houses of ministers and MLAs, including the Chief Minister were targeted by aggravated mobs.