Our Correspondent
Imphal, July 3 (EMN): The proposed state wide general strike by Kuki Students Organisation (KSO) to be held on July 4 midnight was called off following the arrest of killer of student leader Lenkholal Haokip. President of Haokip Students Organisation (HSO), Lenkholal Haokip was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on June 23 evening in front of his residence at Langol area in Imphal west district.
“Consequent upon the arrest of one of the killers of HSO president Palal, the KSO General Headquarters has called off its state-wide general strike proposed”, stated KSO President Paotinthang Lupheng in a statement. “The general strike was not an ‘indefinite general strike’, as reported earlier, but a ‘sustained general strike’ which was to be continued till the killers are arrested and brought to justice.”
Lauding the Imphal West police force, headed by its SP, which was instrumental in apprehending the killer, the KSO hopes that with the arrest of the killer, the authority will certainly arrest the other killer and unearth the conspiracy behind the assassination to the satisfaction of the family, the CSOs and the public alike.
The KSO decision to go ahead with its sustained general strike was to force the hands of the government to act, so that there can be rule of law and justice in the land, it added. ‘So it would be prudent for the government to utilize every resource at its disposal to arrest all the killers and the masterminds behind the killing to make an example of the rule of law.’
