Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 17 2009:
Claiming that the two apprehended by the police commando yesterday at Paona Bazar while collecting donation as its genuine members, the Nupi Lal Memorial Association, Manipur has today said that the two arrested persons were the reporters of the Association's journal and were entrusted to collect the promised amount from shops in Paona bazaar for the construction of the Nupi Lan Memorial Association office.
A press release signed by the Association president, K Ibempishak said that two were collecting the promised amounts of donation for the construction of its office and museum from 14 shops in Paona bazaar.
It also said that the two workers of the association were wrongly reported to the police by a shawl shop owner while saying that the souls of the brave mothers of the Women's War will never pardon the act.