Strike hits life in Manipur

IMPHAL, Dec 23: Normal life was affected in Manipur today due to 12-hour general strike called by the separatist Manipur People?s Liberation Front in solidarity with the ULFA, NDFB and KLO whose camps in Bhutan were busted. Markets, shops and business establishments were closed and people preferred to remain indoors. Attendance in both Central and State government offices was almost nil, official reports said, adding that transporters also cancelled long-distance services. Police and para-military forces had been deployed in all sensitive points and patrolling intensified in various places. No untoward incident was reported from any part of the state so far. MPLF has been formed by three separatist groups ? United National Liberation Front (UNLF), People?s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and Revolutionary People?s Front (RPF).