IMPHAL: The Zeliangrong organisations have sought the intervention of President of India Pranab Mukherjee on the Alice Kamei case who is allegedly in ghe custody of Revolutionary Peoples’ Front/Peoples Liberation Army (RPF/PLA). The President of India is currently in a two-day visit to Manipur starting on Monday.
Mentionably, RPF/PLA says Alice Kamei is 16 years old and had joined the outfit on her own volition while the Zeliangrong organisations rejected the former’s version and accused the militant outfit of kidnapping the school girl to force her to join the group. The Zeliangrong organisations also said that Alice Kamei is only 14 years old.
In a joint memorandum submitted to the President of India on Monday, the All Zeliangrong Students Union (AZSU), Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) and Zeliangrong Students Union Manipur (ZSUM) said minor school girl Alice Kamei, a Class-IX student of Grace Reach Academy, Hiyanglam who has been held captive by Revolutionary People’s Front/ People’s Liberation Army (RPF/PLA) since March 10. The AZSU, ZYF and ZSUM have demanded for the President of India’s immediate intervention to secure the safe release of the captive minor girl.
“It has been more than one month since Alice Kamei has been held captive by RPF/PLA but the government of Manipur chooses to remain a silent spectator inspite of the memorandum and the ultimatum submitted and resorting of different forms of democratic agitation demanding the safe release of the school girl. The gesture of the government of Manipur has signified unrelated to anything happen to tribal people especially the Naga community,” said the joint memorandum of the three Zeliangrong organisations to the President of India. (NNN)