No school occupied by AR: PIB (DW)
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 22 2011:
The 37 Assam Rifles had vacated the Karang Lower Primary School in January this year and the school has been running normally, said a statement of the PIB (Defence Wing), Imphal.
However, it said that the occupation of a temporary structure of the school to store some items by the Assam Rifles is correct.
"This was also done with the permission of the school authorities but in no way hindered the functioning of the school," the PIB clarified.
The statement refuted reports about occupation of Khoidum Leihou High School and Karang Lower Primary Schools at Karang by 33 Assam Rifles and thus, disrupting running of these schools, published by some Imphal based newspapers on April 21 .
The Red Shield Division is fully sensitive to the importance of education for children in Manipur.
The items of 33 AR have been removed from Karang Lower Primary School.
In case any inconveniences had been caused in the functioning of the school, it is deeply regretted, the state added.