<div>The Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed in Manipur against the killing of a school headmaster on charge of cow theft has called for 72 hours general strike from midnight of November 9.<br /><br />The JAC is demanding arrest of the culprits involved in the murder of Hashmad Ali, who was found murdered on November 2.<br /><br />Earlier on November 5, police personnel and the supporters of the JAC fought pitch battle when the angry protesters tried to storm the Irilbung police station in Imphal East district.<br /><br />As the news spread about the recovery of the dead body, the villagers from Ali’s village alleged that he was killed by people from a nearby village 5 km on charges of ‘cow theft’,after he was allegedly caught ‘red handed’ while trying to steal cows. <br /></div>
<div>The Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed in Manipur against the killing of a school headmaster on charge of cow theft has called for 72 hours general strike from midnight of November 9.<br /><br />The JAC is demanding arrest of the culprits involved in the murder of Hashmad Ali, who was found murdered on November 2.<br /><br />Earlier on November 5, police personnel and the supporters of the JAC fought pitch battle when the angry protesters tried to storm the Irilbung police station in Imphal East district.<br /><br />As the news spread about the recovery of the dead body, the villagers from Ali’s village alleged that he was killed by people from a nearby village 5 km on charges of ‘cow theft’,after he was allegedly caught ‘red handed’ while trying to steal cows. <br /></div>
