Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20:
Two exhortionists who were impersonating as PREPAK activists were pulled up by the outfit during a search operation conducted at Thongju Constituency area today in connection with a looting incident at the house of Imphal correspondent of Statesman Yumnam Rupachandra by masked men who identified themselves as PREPAK men.
The two impostors were paraded in front of the mediapersons today.
They were identified as Thokchom Naobi alias Vikramjit (18) and Narheirakpam Somorjit (21).Both are from Bashikhong.
Talking to the mediapersons, a spokesman of PREPAK informed that the duo are in fact drug addicts and were arrested by the red army of the outfit under the command of secretary Sunil while they were extorting money in the name of PREPAK from some of the restaurants in Canchipur area this morning at around 11.They were arrested from Moped Restaurant while trying to exhort money.
Before that they had already collected Rs 200 from Dragon Restaurant, Rs 200 from Star Restaurant, Rs 500 from Sweet Sixteen besides another Rs 950 from two other restaurants, the spokesman disclosed.