Mass condolence and last rite of late Akha Salouni held at Karong

Karong, July 23, 2014:

Mass condolence and last rite of late Akha Salouni held at Karong on 23 July 2014

Witnessing one of the painful pictures of despair and sorrow over the loss of a young man in the hands of brutality, young students and Senapati citizens coming from different places came out to pay homage and respect to Akha Salouni at the condolence programme and his final journey. Placards reading” Delhite, stop racial discrimination; Delhi should not be a killing field for NE people; we strongly condemn the brutal killing of A. Salouni” were the message to the world.

During the condolence and funeral programme, A representative from NE community Forum, Delhi and also NE Students Union, Delhi said that A. Salouni had awakened the NE community by marking as an eye opener to realize not to let their children/ward happen in the same manner. Asking the elected members and senior leaders to continue supporting them in trying to bring justice, the scholar requested the local MLAs to put up at the Manipur Assembly too during the ongoing session.

Mass condolence and last rite of late Akha Salouni held at Karong on 23 July 2014

During the programme, Naga Women's Union, NPO, SDWA, Poumai Naga Union, SDSA joined the list of condemnation calling out for justice to the deceased and end to such crimes once and for all.

Mass condolence and last rite of late Akha Salouni held at Karong on 23 July 2014

ATSUM and ANSAM, the Tribal students' apex bodies questioned how many more dead bodies should they wait to come in coffins to their places! Taking cognizance of this heinous crime, the student bodies ask the concerned authority not to stop till justice is done. SDSA send out a strong message stating, “We have been once again reminded that when death snatches our youthful lives, it wrenches our hearths and we despair, but when life is cut short by a violent act, our hearts are filled with bitterness and such is the fate that met to our brother, son and friend, late A Salouni.”

Poumai Women's Union, in their condolence message said that indescribable sorrow and grieves filled in the minds of the women's community. The President wanted to let the four corners hear that the women's community strongly condemned the frequent brutal killing and fed up of hearing of all such killings, assaults, harassments, rapes etc. on people of the NE in general. The women's communities demand capital punishment to whoever is found guilty in such crimes. MLA, Dr. V. Alexander Pao while consoling the deceased parents added that, their brave son died for the sake of the NE community and that it is time we wake up by his death so that, such cases will not appear in the future.

Mass condolence and last rite of late Akha Salouni held at Karong on 23 July 2014

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