Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 15, 2010:
Following the act of VDF personnel who started thrashing the youth who passing Heirangoithong in Imphal West this evening people from its vicinity came out in large number on the street to protest.
Sources received from the site of the incident said, at around 6.30 pm today the VDF personnel posted at Kanga Lampak where there was MR post earlier started to beat up those passersby at Heirangoi Awang Maibam Leikai.
Before the incident took place today there was a clash between two VDF personnel clad in civvies who came out of the post and some passersby, they said.
Shortly after the two personnel entered the camp hordes of VDF personnel came out on the street and started beating up the passersby, the sources said adding two rounds of shot were also fired in the air.
Demanding the VDF post to be removed, the agitators asserted that in the name of frisking the VDF personnel have in the past indulged in many unwanted incidents like teasing girl, extorting money from commuters in the area.