Imphal, July 05: Accusing the proprietor of Hotel Orient Md Iliyas Khan (25) s/o Md Azaz Ali of Hatta Chini Leikai for attempting to bribe AMADA after encouraging young girls and men to engage in immoral activities in his hotel, the AMADA has justified its punitive action.

Quoting statements given by the four individuals handed over to AMADA on July 3 after they were caught engaging in immoral acts by the Khurai Puthiba Lai Haraoba Committee in the night of July 2, AMADA asserted that they used to organise drinking parties and engage themselves in immoral acts in the Orient Hotel not only on the day but also on earlier occasions.

When Iliyas Khan came to AMADA head office at about 1.30 pm yesterday, he pleaded to reconsider the decision to seal his hotel for 20 days.

He again came back to the office at about 4 pm along with one Md Atapudin who is acquainted with some AMADA activists.

Again he pleaded to withdraw the decision regarding closure of the hotel and making apology in daily papers.

He even offered to pay some money to withdraw the same decision adopted in line with the established rules of AMADA.

As Iliyas Khan insisted on waiving off the punishment by offering some money even after the established rules and principles of AMADA were explained to him very clearly, he was thrashed and reprimanded as a mother would to an arrogant son.

But some police men of the Imphal Police Station came to AMADA head office today.

Subsequently, some AMADA representatives went to the police station and came back after talking things over.

Reacting to the press conference convened at Press Club today, AMADA stated that it took serious note of the alleged fabricated and malicious statements made at the press conference to present AMADA in the wrong light.

While iterating that AMADA never forced any body to issue clarifications in mass media without consent of the concern individual, it claimed that the clarification/apology made by Iliyas Khan was on his own volition and according to his misdeeds.

A statement issued by AMADA further conveyed that a meeting of AMADA was convened at its head office today during which it resolved to ban the proprietor of the Orient Hotel from running any hotel in future.

It also appealed to the people to implement its resolution effectively.

To AMADA, the blots seen in the moral character of young girls exploited by the hotel proprietor is far more hurting than the blemishes suffered by Iliyas Khan, it remarked.

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