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Indo-Burmese border trade grinds to a halt
Trade between India and Burma remained suspended for the third day today as residents of India's Moreh Town of Manipur, bordering Burma,
Subhaschandra M
Mizzima News: 14 August, 2006
Trade between India and Burma remained suspended for the third day today as residents of India's Moreh Town of Manipur, bordering Burma, called for an indefinite bandh following the kidnapping and killing of a student leader by suspected militants.
Sunil Agrawal, the president of the All Manipur Student Union, Chandel District Committee, was abducted from his Moreh residence on Friday morning by suspected Kuki militants. His body was found the following day at around 4 a.m. near Moreh gate Number 1 on the border.
The Kuki National Front (Military Council), a faction of the Kuki insurgents operating in Manipur, today claimed responsibility for the abduction and the killing of the student leader.
According to a statement released today, the KNF (MC) said Sunil Agrawal was conducting anti-party activities against the KNF (MC). Action was taken following several warnings.
Residents demanding action against the killers and the purported reason behind the killing imposed an indefinite bandh since Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, angry women thronged Moreh police station protesting against the lack of precautionary measures to save the life of the student leader.
Over a dozen of passengers in Tata Sumos and buses who have been forced to stay back since Saturday were escorted back to Imphal on Sunday. However none of the Moreh bound passengers as well as goods laden vehicles moved towards the town.