2nd January 2009 – Manipur wakes upto bandh again

A 24-hour bandh was called by the Kangleipak Communist Party’s highway task force against the alleged killing of its commander in custody by a joint team of police and Assam Rifles. A joint team of the paramilitary force and the police gunned down Akoijam Shyambi alias Kokai, commander of the group on December 30 at Koirengei of Imphal East.