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Protest staged; public meeting held at Lilong; urges action

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Rampant activities of stealing and looting at Lilong area by miscreants of the area and security forces inaction against those culprits has upset the people of Lilong area particularly the Shopkeepers of Lilong Keithel in Thoubal district. A day after police arrested a person who had stolen around rupees 3.7 lakhs worth Mobile cell phone from a shop called ‘Lilong 3-D Mobile Center’ at Lilong Keithel on the adjoining night of Oct. 11 & 12 after tracking him from CCTV footage, the shopkeepers’ body of the area today staged a sit-in-protest by shutting down all shops and business establishment at the area. A public meeting was also convened in connection with the protest.
According to report, the ‘3-D Mobile Center’ located at Lilong Keithel, owned by one Md Sabir (25 years), son of Abdul Halim of Kiyamgei Muslim Mamang Leikai was looted by miscreants on the adjoining night of October 11 and October 12. According to CCTV footage installed in the shop, the looting was done exactly at 2.38 am of October 12 and the miscreant was identified as Md. Sarib Khan (21 years), son of Noorjaman of Lilong Haoreibi Awang Leikai. He was later arrested by Lilong police however no action is being initiated against the culprit except keeping him under custody, said a shopkeeper.
The public meeting held today urges the government authority to retrieve all the stolen cell phone and the cash of rupees 5000 to the owner of the shop besides awarding the culprit with appropriate punishment.
The meeting also appealed all the local residence of Lilong area to work together for stopping all kind of stealing activities in the area as most of the vehicle theft related cases were reported to have been committed by youths from Lilong area.

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