Manipur police detains delivery executives; committee seeks clarity

Imphal: The United Committee on Delivery Executives of Manipur on Friday called upon the government to clarify on what kind of e-commerce deliveries are allowed during the curfew hours, as delivery executives of local companies are being detained.

In a release, the committee said, “With reference to order no.H-160/6/2020 PART-I dated 19/07/2021 issued by the chief secretary Dr. Rajesh Kumar, the E-commerce delivery service is exempted from the curfew imposed area by the Government of Manipur. As a result, Manipur e-commerce stores have started their services on delivering essential day-to-day items, including vegetables, medicine, grocery items, sanitary items, baby foods, etc. However, our delivery executives are being detained by police personnel stating that local e-commerce are not permitted to resume their service except for big e-commerce company as such as Amazon, Myntra, etc.”

“This kind of act by the police personnel is unreasonable and illogical as per the notification issued by the Government of Manipur.”