Imphal, July 05: The United Clubs' Organisation (UCO) has strongly condemned the alleged severe assault on the proprietor of Orient Hotel Iliyas Khan by AMADA activists on July 4.Briefing media persons at Manipur Press Club today, vice-president of UCO Haji Aratat Ali remarked that the act of whipping the proprietor of Orient Hotel was atrocious and unbecoming of a body like AMADA.

AMADA had warned the hotel proprietor to give in to AMADA by July 5 after two women, who had visited the hotel earlier, and three men were pulled up for allegedly engaging in immoral acts at some other place.

Moreover, it was also published in the media that the Orient Hotel has been prohibited from doing business for 20 days, he conveyed.

In compliance with the warning, Iliyas Khan went to AMADA office yesterday.

However, the hotel proprietor was thrashed by AMADA activists in the most brutal manner.

Speaking to reporters, the victim said that he went to AMADA head office at about 10 am yesterday.

There he met the vice-president of AMADA.

According to the instruction of the VP to come again in the after noon so that the matter could be discussed in detail, Iliyas Khan went there again at about 4 pm of the same day.

During the negotiation, Iliyas Khan accepted closure of his hotel for 20 days but he refused AMADA's condition to make clarification/apology in four daily papers.

Then some AMADA activists drafted a press note and asked Iliyas Khan to sign it.

As he could not accept the statements of the press note, he declined to embossed the same with his signature, Iliyas Khan disclosed.

For his refusal to sign the press note, Iliyas Khan was thrashed blue and black.

Even after severe physical assault, he was again pressed to give his signature but he declined.

Later, his family members were called and some modifications made in the press note, he signed the note.

Only after that, he was allowed to go home at about 8.30 pm, Iliyas conveyed.

Stating that the immoral women and men were not pulled up from Orient Hotel nor did they stay at the Hotel on the day, the UCO maintained that the act of victimising the Hotel proprietor and making accusations of being a house of immoral activities is highly condemnable and unwarranted.

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