AR refutes Churachandpur students' statement
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 15 2011:
The Churachandpur District Students' Association had given a statement to the media regarding their volunteers being beaten by the Assam Rifles at Salbung cemetery near Churachdnpur on April 11 .
The statement was a false and misleading and an attempt to defame the Assam Rifles in the article "AR accusses of inhuman thrashing" as published in Hueiyen Lanpao on April 13, the IGAR(S) said.
Hueiyen Lanpao clarified that the news items was from the New Newmai Network, a news agency which is subscribed by Hueiyen Lanpao.
The National Institute of Open School Students' Union, Churachandpur and Parents' Association had called for "Chaka Bandh" along the Imphal � Tiddim Road from Churachandpur to Imphal from 5 AM to 3:30 PM on 06th, 07th, 11th, 13th & 21st Apr 11 demanding reshifting of NIOS exam centre to Churachandpur.
The bandh was peaceful on 6th & 7th April respectively, however, on 12th April 11, the AR post at Tuibong received a complaint from civilians that the bandh is being imposed by Churachandpur District Students' Association and the representatives of the organization have blocked the traffic along the Imphal � Tiddim road at village Salbung and they were forcibly confiscating admit cards and returning the students.
The Company Commander with an AR column reached the location at Salbung, intervened and dispersed the crowd and regulated the traffic peacefully.
Subsequently the miscreants moved to village Koite and resumed their activities of blocking the traffic.
The AR column again intervened and dispersed the crowd.
The whole process of dispersal of crowd at both locations as also regulation of traffic had been done in presence of the Company Commander and NO repeat NO force was used during the process.
The claim of CDSU that their volunteers were taken to Salbung Cemetery and beaten "blue and black" are absolutely false and unfounded.
As a matter of fact, the peaceful means undertaken by AR Company Commander to disperse the crowd on the highway has been appreciated and welcomed by the general public of Churachandpur at large.