Manipur drivers suspend passengers and goods service on Imphal-Moreh route

Drivers ferrying passengers and goods along the Imphal-Moreh road on January 9, 2023, suspended their services, decrying the alleged killing of passenger driver Yanglem Priyobrata, whose body was found in Nagaland on Saturday. 

Speaking to the media, Khundrakpam Binodkumar, a member of the All Imphal-Moreh Drivers Union, informed that Priyobrata who hails from Nachou Awang Leikai in Bishnupur district was allegedly hired by a man identified as Heisnam James for travelling to Dimapur on December 30, 2022, and had been missing ever since. 

Notably, his body was found on January 7, 2023, in Kisama, Nagaland.

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The driver union strongly condemned the incident and demanded capital punishment for the culprits behind the killing.

Meanwhile, police have arrested one person identified as Heisnam James in connection to the case.

"We driver union from Imphal-Moreh road service strongly condemn the brutal killing of Yanglem Priyobrata...we want to capital punish the culprit Heisnam James,"  said a representative of the union.