A protest rally against the murder of Loitam Richard and for his justice was held in Tripura on May 5 2012
The protest started at 11 am morning from Pole Star Playground near North Gate.
About 400 students from different colleges, NIT Agartala, ICFAI, TMC, Fisheries College etc participated in the rally. The participating students constituted of students from Manipur, Manipuri students originally residing in Tripura and several non-Manipuris.
The rally was jointly organised by TMSYCCO (Tripura Manipuri Students Youth Co-ordination Committee) and MASAT (Manipuri Students Asoociation of Tripura). Most of the local newspapers (Dainik Sangbaad, Aajker Phariyaad,Syandan Patrika etc) and local channels (Aakash Tripura, Shristi ets) covered the story.
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