Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 06 2009:
The AE Construction/Transmission office of Electricity Department located at Wangkhei Tokpam Leikai was vandalised besides burning official documents and files by suspected supporters of the ongoing mass movements against the July 23 Khwairamband Market firing incident at about 11.30 last night.
A group of people armed with clubs, iron rods and carpentry tools dismantled a bus waiting shed at Kongba Meitei Mayek crossing before burning the wooden components on the road.
However, the protesters were driven away by police commandos using tear gas shells.
After the commandos went back, the armed protesters came to the office of the AE Construction/Transmission and broke down the lock of the wooden door using bucksaw.
They took out documents, files and furniture found in the office to the road and set them ablaze there.
One typewriter, one machine for printing proforma bills and a ledger book were also destroyed in the arson.
The armed protesters also vandalised an iron chest kept in the office.
With the arrival of a commando team, the armed protesters fled away.
However, police commandos managed to nab three of them.