Sit-in-protest staged against firing
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 28 2011:
A sit-in-protest cum public meeting was held at Urup Litan Makhong today in denunciation of the bullet injury caused to one Laishram Ratan Kumar (35) s/o Binarei of Urup Laishram Leikai on August 23 morning.
Addressing the gathering, Urup Young Civil Club (Imphal East) secretary L Kesho pointed out that the August 23 incident was the not the first to have occurred in the area for the locals have been enduring severe inconveniences due to frequent gunfire.
Conveying that people of Urup area, especially the elderly section of the society, had been expressing serious concern owing to frequent incidents of firing, Kesho also desired that Police Dept authorities investigate the incident and pull up the guilty ones for exemplary punishment.
Mention may be made that inspite of the police remaining silent on the firing incidents, locals claimed that the injury suffered by Laisharm Ratan Kumar was due to police firing.