Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, December 23 2008:
TWO SUSPECTED underground activists beaten up a driver of a bus servicing along the Imphal-Saikhul road and released with money to attend medical treatment today.
The incident occurred today at around 11.30 am in front of the Model School gate.
The injured driver was named Pukhrabam Jiban (23) son of Nungsi of Ekou.
He was the driver of the bus MNA-577 .
According to Jiban who turned up at JN hospital for medical treatment, when his vehicle stopped for dropping passengers at Saikhul Bazar, one unknown youth with a stick in his hand asked him not to park there.
At that he drove the vehicle upto Model School where two unknown assault him with no reason.
While, he was beating by the two youth speaking Kuki dialect, some womenfolk in the area intervened to stop.
Later, they give him Rs.1,000 a charge for treating the wound suffered in the assault, he said.