SHILLONG, Sept 16: After two-day cabbies’ strike, the Lawsohtun Dorbar Shnong has today resolved to bar Army personnel from entering the locality. The decision was taken by the Dorbar at a meeting this evening to discuss the high-handedness by personnel of the 119 Territorial Army on Sunday. A committee with the name Surveillance Committee Against Military Terrorization (SCAMT) was also constituted.
“The Dorbar has resolved not to allow any Army personnel from the concerned training centre to enter the peripheries of the village. This resolution was taken in the interest of peace and harmony. The Army officers in-charge of the training centre should see that no Army personnel enters the village and commits any act of indiscipline and hooliganism. Any such act in the future will only prompt the Dorbar to hold the commanding officers responsible,” a statement issued by general secretary of the Dorbar FL Marbaniang said.
On Sunday evening, a group of the 119 Territorial Army jawans went to Bishnupur to rescue one of their colleagues. A jawan identified as Golab Bora was assaulted by the public for alleged molestation of a seven-year-old girl at Lawsohtun. The Army authorities have already adopted strong measures towards the alleged molestation of the minor girl and asserted that the “stringent punishment will be given to the personnel if he is found guilty.”
Demanding punishment for all the culprits involved in the incident, the Lawsohtun Dorbar has also resolved to take up the case with the Chief Minister together with the Raid Laban Dorbar.
Relating to this case, the newly formed SCAMT has organized a public meeting tomorrow at Lawsohtun. It will be followed by a peace procession. The procession will be participated by the local NGOs and residents. The dorbar has also instructed residents to boycott all activities until the meeting and the procession are over. However, only patients and school-going children, who are having examination, are exempted from the purview of the boycott. THE SENTINEL
“The Dorbar has resolved not to allow any Army personnel from the concerned training centre to enter the peripheries of the village. This resolution was taken in the interest of peace and harmony. The Army officers in-charge of the training centre should see that no Army personnel enters the village and commits any act of indiscipline and hooliganism. Any such act in the future will only prompt the Dorbar to hold the commanding officers responsible,” a statement issued by general secretary of the Dorbar FL Marbaniang said.
On Sunday evening, a group of the 119 Territorial Army jawans went to Bishnupur to rescue one of their colleagues. A jawan identified as Golab Bora was assaulted by the public for alleged molestation of a seven-year-old girl at Lawsohtun. The Army authorities have already adopted strong measures towards the alleged molestation of the minor girl and asserted that the “stringent punishment will be given to the personnel if he is found guilty.”
Demanding punishment for all the culprits involved in the incident, the Lawsohtun Dorbar has also resolved to take up the case with the Chief Minister together with the Raid Laban Dorbar.
Relating to this case, the newly formed SCAMT has organized a public meeting tomorrow at Lawsohtun. It will be followed by a peace procession. The procession will be participated by the local NGOs and residents. The dorbar has also instructed residents to boycott all activities until the meeting and the procession are over. However, only patients and school-going children, who are having examination, are exempted from the purview of the boycott. THE SENTINEL
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