குழந்தைகளை கடத்தி சென்று குழந்தை போராளிகளாக்கும் மணிப்பூர் கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள்

குழந்தைகளை கடத்தி சென்று குழந்தை போராளிகளாக்கும் மணிப்பூர் கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதிகள் பற்றிய செய்தி

Militant groups in Manipur recruiting kids
14 Jul 2008, 1341 hrs IST,PTI


IMPHAL: In what is seen as a move to recruit kids into their ranks, militant outfits in Manipur are kidnapping school going boys claiming that they had joined their outfits willingly, official sources said on Monday.

In the second such incident within a week, two schoolboys reported missing from Thoubal Kiyam Siphai area in Thoubal district, were kidnapped by a militant group on July 8.

A K Ajoy and A K Bipin both aged 13 were students of class VIII, sources said.

Bipin's mother Medha said her son had gone to a nearby canal for fishing and did not return.

She received a telephone call on July 9 night from General Secretary of the banned People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak), who informed her that the boys were in under the group's custody.

She said the caller had told her that the boys had joined the outfit "willingly".

Both the parents claimed they had received calls from Prepak General Secretary warning them not to approach police or media.

They said due to threats from the outfit they did not contact the media immediately, however the police was informed. The families appealed the Prepak to free the boys without harm.

Last week, two other boys, Y Naobi (13) and Lan Ngamba (11), were kidnapped from Iroisemba in Imphal West district.

The spokesman of the militant outfit Prepak Cobra Task Force told the parents that the boys had joined the group on their own will.

Following public protest, Naobi and Ngamba were handed over to Iroisemba Youth Development Club by the militants on July 12, sources said.