Manipur: Four policemen suspended for negligence

Imphal: Four Manipur police officials have been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty, officials said on Sunday.

He has been suspended for dereliction of duty in the government’s “all-out war” against poppy plantations on hill slopes in remote parts of Manipur.

Kang Pokpi Police Station Officer-in-Charge Hin Munthang Kapgan, Sub-Inspector SL Semanthang and two Village Defense Forces (VDF) officers Paojaming and Thangjagen Cheru attached to Kang Pokpi Police Station were allegedly involved in allowing the two to escape. was suspended on the charge of An official said that people involved in poppy cultivation matters.

After seeing large-scale poppy plantations in the remote hills of Manipur’s Kang Pokpi district, Manipur Chief Minister N Baran Singh directed the police station concerned to detain tribal village officials involved in poppy cultivation.