Joint venture of Indian Army and My

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Subject: Joint venture of Indian Army and Myanmar Army at Moreh

Joint venture of Indian Army and Myanmar Army at Moreh
The Freedom, (Manipur).
October 11, 1996.
>From our Moreh correspondent
 
Imphal Oct. 10: The Indian Army is having a close tie with the 
Myanmar Army at the Famous Moreh Town of Chandel District 
on the Indo-Myanmar international border. The Company 
Commander of the 11 Gurkha Rifles, Major Sunil sneaked out 
of the Gate No.I in the morning on 9th October on-foot across 
the border and came back with his counterpart of the Myanmar 
Army in two Toyota cars at noon. When he was not allowed to 
cross the Gate No.I with the Comdt. of the 87 Bn of the 
Myanmar Army and some officers and *sepoys* from across 
the border, there was an altercation between the Major of the 
Indian Army and the ASI of the Manipur Police, Mr. 
Birachandra who was duty. While Birachandra was trying to 
contact the OC, Moreh Police Station, the gallant major of the 
Indian Army gatecrashed through the Gate No.I along with the 
Myanmarese officers & sepoys in one white Toyota bearing 
number 6 A 8053 having blueblack window glasses after 
threatening one custom constable on duty while the other 
Toyota car turned back towards Tamu.
 
At about 2.30 pm. on the same day, the same Indian Army 
Major of the 11 Gurkha Rifles deployed at Moreh came along 
with the Commandant of 87 Bn. of the Myanmar Army at the 
nearby Bank asking for a Bank Draft for rupees two lakh (Rs. 
200,000) in the name of the Commandant of 87 Bn. of the 
Myanmar Army. The Bank manager turned down his request to 
issue a bank draft for foreigner. The Indian Army Major was 
told by the Bank Manager that he could issue the bank draft in 
his name. However, he left quite dejected with his counterpart 
from the Bank. The same Toyota Car crossed the Gate No.2 at 
about 3.15 pm. on the same day and headed towards Tamu. The 
Major of the Indian Army came back to ASI Birachandra Singh 
and enquired about his billet and threatened him for a night 
assault for not obeying him.
 
The matter became very serious and it spreaded like wild fire in 
Moreh Town before the sunset. The Manipur Police was put on 
standby two by the Additional SP and the OC Moreh PS (Police 
Station) kept alert. The DGP of Manipur was informed about 
the joint venture of the Indian Army and Myanmar Army at 
about 7.30 pm, in the same evening. The local MLA, Mr. 
Marung Makunga, Social Welfare Minister of the Manipur was 
informed accordingly by the panic stricken authorities of Moreh 
at about 10 pm. when the cliff-hanging suspense became too 
much to bear in the sleepy town of Moreh, the gateway of the 
Golden Triangle and the famous international market for 
smuggling of contrabands.
 
Nothing untowards happened between the Indian Army and the 
Manipur Police as confirmed by the GAD & Forest Minister of 
Manipur Mr. A. S. Arthur at about 12.15 hours on the next day. 
However, the DGP had asked for a detail report about the great 
mystery of the joint venture of the Indian Army Officer and his 
counterpart of the Myanmar Army crisscrossing the 
international border for some fishy things. It is anybody's guest 
work in this sensitive international market for smuggling.